PLANTS Profile for Opuntia macrocentra (purple pricklypear)

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PLANTS Profile

Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.
purple pricklypear

Symbol:

OPMA8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office. United States, TX, Pecos vicinity, N. of town. Usage Requirements.

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Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.

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Distribution:
Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.


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USA (AZ, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 61 species in Opuntia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. var. macrocentra. . Image Available.

Opuntia macrocentra var. macrocentra
purple pricklypear

Distribution of Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. var. minor Anthony. .

Opuntia macrocentra var. minor
purple pricklypear

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.

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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 macrocentra Engelm. – purple pricklypear

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.

This plant is 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:
purple prickly-pear		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 195327.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Related Web Sites:
Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.

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: 06/19/2013 04:46 AM CDT