Opuntia chlorotica

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Opuntia chlorotica
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Species:
O. chlorotica
Binomial name
Opuntia chlorotica

Opuntia chlorotica is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is a species of prickly pear native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its common names include pancake prickly pear, flapjack prickly pear and dollarjoint prickly pear.

This cactus is bluish-green and manifests a bushy to erect form that may attain a height of two meters or more.[2][3] Some analysis of the prehistoric range of O. chlorotica has been conducted by studies in the Waterman Mountains of Arizona; these pollen core analyses indicate that this cactus species was present in northern Arizona in late Wisconsinan glaciation period.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Corral-Díaz, R. 2017. Opuntia chlorotica (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T152366A121590014. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T152366A121590014.en. Downloaded on 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1919. p. 160
  3. ^ Jepson Manual Treatment: Opuntia chlorotica. 1993
  4. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2009

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