Opuntia repens
Opuntia repens | |
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Opuntia repens segments and flowers. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Genus: | Opuntia |
Species: | O. repens
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Binomial name | |
Opuntia repens |
Opuntia repens, the roving pricklypear,[2] is a species of cactus that is native to dry forests Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It is a small shrub, growing up to 50 cm (20 in) tall, with yellow flowers and red fruit.[3] Like its cousins, "jumping cholla" Opuntias of the Mojave, Sonoran, and Colorado deserts, it propagates by a segment dislodging after spines are caught in a large mammal's fur, whereby the segment is transported to another location.[citation needed] This is in addition to propagation by seed.
References[]
- ^ Majure, L. & Griffith, P. 2017. Opuntia repens (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T151835A121569557. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151835A121569557.en. Downloaded on 16 September 2021.
- ^ "Opuntia repens". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ (1996). Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden. 78. Bronx, New York: The New York Botanical Garden. ISBN 0-89327-402-X.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Opuntia
- Flora of Puerto Rico
- Flora of the British Virgin Islands
- Flora of the United States Virgin Islands
- Plants described in 1881
- Cactus stubs