Cylindropuntia tunicata

Cylindropuntia tunicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Cactaceae
Genus:Cylindropuntia
Species: C. tunicata
Binomial name
Cylindropuntia tunicata
Synonyms[1]
  • Cactus tunicatus Lehm.
  • Grusonia tunicata (Lehm.) G.D.Rowley
  • Opuntia puelchana A. Cast.
  • Opuntia tunicata (Lehm.) Pfeiff.

Cylindropuntia tunicata, commonly referred to as sheathed cholla, is a cholla native to the Chihuahuan Desert of North America and parts of South America.[2]

References

  1. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 26 September 2018
  2. Donald J. Pinkava, "Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehmann) F. M. Knuth in C. Backeberg and F. M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC. 126. 1935", Flora of North America


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