PLANTS Profile for Opuntia macrocentra var. macrocentra (purple pricklypear)

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PLANTS Profile

Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. var. macrocentra
purple pricklypear

Symbol:

OPMAM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. var. macrocentra

Opuntia violacea

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Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. var. macrocentra

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Synonyms:
Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. var. macrocentra

	OPVI	Opuntia violacea Engelm.
	OPVIC	Opuntia violacea Engelm. var. castetteri L.D. Benson
	OPVIM	Opuntia violacea Engelm. var. macrocentra (Engelm.) L.D. Benson

Distribution:
Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. var. macrocentra


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USA (AZ, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. var. macrocentra

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 61 species in Opuntia, 2 varieties in Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.

Classification:
Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. var. macrocentra

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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
Variety	Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. var. macrocentra – purple pricklypear

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. var. macrocentra

The related entity italicized and indented below 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:
Opuntia macrocentra
purple prickly-pear		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. var. macrocentra

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View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 195328.

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

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 01:08 AM CDT