Opuntia anacantha

Opuntia anacantha is a species belonging to the family Cactaceae, native to northern Argentina and Bolivia.

Opuntia anacantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Species:
O. anacantha
Binomial name
Opuntia anacantha
Carlos Luis Spegazzini, 1904

Description

Shrubby cactus of about 60 cm high and 2.5 wide, normally prostrate, sometimes climbs due to its adventitious roots. The dark green segments are flat, narrow and elliptical in shape, about 5 to 40 cm long and 3.5 to 7 cm wide. The areolas are small. Orange or orange yellow flowers 4 cm long.

Taxonomy

Opuntia anacantha was described by Carlos Luis Spegazzini and published in Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 1904.[1]

Etymology

Opuntia : generic name that comes from the Greek used by Pliny the Elder for a plant that grew around the city of Opus in Greece.[2]

anacantha : Latin epithet meaning "without thorns".[3]

Synonyms
  • Opuntia grosseana
  • Canine opuntia
  • Opuntia Kiska-Parrot
  • Platyopuntia kiska-parrot
  • Opuntia retrorsa
  • Platyopuntia retrorsa
  • Opuntia utikilio
  • Bispinosa Opuntia [4]

References
  1. "Tropicos | Name - Opuntia anacantha Speg". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  2. "Page O". www.calflora.net. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  3. "Dictionary of Botanical Epithets". botanicalepithets.net. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  4. "Opuntia anacantha Speg. — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
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