Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Opuntia fulgida Engelm.


CACTACEAE Family selection - Cactus family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Opuntia fulgida Engelm. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Syn. Cact. U. S. 50. 1856
Rank: species
See: ► Cylindropuntia fulgida (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth var. fulgida

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Jumping cholla
en English name: boxing-glove cactus
English name: boxing-glove cholla

Grown habit: Shrub, Tree
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Cylindropuntia fulgida (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth var. fulgida
= Opuntia fulgida Engelm. var. fulgida


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Opuntia fulgida Engelm. var. fulgida
2) Opuntia fulgida Engelm. var. mamillata (Schott ex Engelm.) J.M. Coult.



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Species:


Page counter: 178 ( AVG: 222.23 / 88.073 )



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Opuntia fulgida
Opuntia fulgida
Kenneth W. Parker - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Opuntia fulgida
Opuntia fulgida
Carole Ritchie - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AZ, CA, NM)

Distributional map for Opuntia fulgida Engelm.
Map for Opuntia fulgida Engelm.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Opuntia fulgida Engelm. var. fulgida [145]
2) Opuntia fulgida Engelm. var. mamillata (Schott ex Engelm.) J.M. Coult. [140]
3) Opuntia ganderi (C.B. Wolf) J. Rebman & Pinkava [143]
4) Opuntia gosseliniana F.A.C. Weber [324]
5) Opuntia grahamii Engelm. [140]
6) Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf. var. ammophila (Small) L.D. Benson [168]
7) Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. var. arborescens (Engelm.) D. Weniger, nom. nud. [92]
8) Opuntia kleiniae DC. [130]
9) Opuntia lindheimeri Engelm. var. linguiformis (Griffiths) L.D. Benson [132]
10) Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. var. aureispina Brack & K.D. Heil [177]

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