PLANTS Profile for Opuntia macrorhiza var. pottsii (twistspine pricklypear)

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Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D. Benson
twistspine pricklypear

Symbol:

OPMAP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D. Benson

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Synonyms:
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D. Benson

	OPBA4	Opuntia ballii Rose
	OPPHT	Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm. var. tenuispina (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) D. Weniger, nom. nud.
	OPPO3	Opuntia pottsii Salm-Dyck

Native Status:
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D. Benson


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D. Benson

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

Classification:
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D. Benson

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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 macrorhiza Engelm. – twistspine pricklypear
Variety	Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D. Benson – twistspine pricklypear

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D. Benson

This plant and the related entityitalicized 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:
		Salvage restricted
Iowa:
Opuntia macrorhiza
bigroot pricklypear		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D. Benson

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 195288.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 01:17 PM CDT