PLANTS Profile for Opuntia aurea (golden pricklypear)

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PLANTS Profile

Opuntia aurea E.M. Baxter
golden pricklypear

Symbol:

OPAU2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub
Tree

Native Status:

L48

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Opuntia basilaris var. aurea

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Opuntia aurea E.M. Baxter

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Synonyms:
Opuntia aurea E.M. Baxter

	OPBAA	Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow var. aurea (E.M. Baxter) W.T. Marshall
	OPERA	Opuntia erinacea Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow ex Engelm. var. aurea (E.M. Baxter) S.L. Welsh

Distribution:
Opuntia aurea E.M. Baxter


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USA (AZ, UT)

Related Taxa:
Opuntia aurea E.M. Baxter

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 61 species in Opuntia

Classification:
Opuntia aurea E.M. Baxter

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Opuntia Mill. – pricklypear
Species	Opuntia aurea E.M. Baxter – golden pricklypear

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Opuntia aurea E.M. Baxter

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Opuntia basilaris var. aurea
		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Opuntia aurea E.M. Baxter

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 517815.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Related Web Sites:
Opuntia aurea E.M. Baxter

FL-South American Cactus Moth (UofFL)

Global Invasive Species Database

Jamaica-Introduction to the Cactus Moth

MS-Early Detection and Reporting of Cactus Moth

TX-Tracking the Cactus Moth

USDA ARS-South American Cactus Moth Control

www.pestalert.org

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 05:08 PM CDT