Opuntia erinacea
Opuntia erinacea, the Mojave prickly pear, variously treated as a species, or as a variety of Opuntia polyacantha,[1] in the family Cactaceae, that is a distributed throughout the Mojave and into the southern Great Basin deserts.
| Mojave prickly pear | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Genus: | Opuntia |
| Species: | O. erinacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Opuntia erinacea | |
Opuntia erinacea is proposed by A.D. Stock to be an allopolyploid that resulted from hybridization between Opuntia diploursina and Opuntia basilaris.[2]; although ties with other varieties of Opuntia polyacantha are also strongly evident.
References
- Bruce D. Parfitt, B.D. & A.C. Gibson (200) in 'Flora of North America' vol.4
- Stock, A. D., Hussey, N., & Beckstrom, M. D. (2014). A New Species of Opuntia (Cactaceae) from Mojave Co, Arizona. Cactus and Succulent Journal, 86(2), 79-83.
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