familyCactaceae
subfamilyCactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
genusCylindropuntia
speciesCylindropuntia imbricata
Cylindropuntia imbricata var. argentea
Cactaceae 1: 195. 1958.
EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Opuntia imbricata var. argentea M. S. Anthony Amer. Midl. Naturalist 55: 236, fig. 7. 1956
Shrubs, densely branched, to 1.2 m. Stem segments 10–20 cm; tubercles close-set. Spines and sheaths silvery. 2n = 22.
Phenology: Flowering spring (Apr).
Habitat: Chi-huahuan desert scrub with lechuguilla and sotol, rocky limestone slopes, flats, ridges
Elevation: 600-700 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Cylindropuntia imbricata var. argentea is a narrow endemic within the Big Bend region, Texas.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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dense +
yellow +
cushionlike +
arillate +
elliptic +
absent +
sessile +
symmetric +
proliferating +
arising +
large +
Tex. +
funicular +
osseous +
separating +
intact +
deciduous +
pistillate +
symmetric +
arranged +
diurnal +
abscising +
bisexual +
adnate +
epigynous +
spineless +
berrylike +
yellow +
drying +
indehiscent +
not proliferating +
tuberculate +
obovoid +
fleshy +
funicular +
not protruding +
narrow +
absent +
dense +
apiculate +
obovate +
sessile +
alternate +
deciduous +
absent +
vestigial +
succulent +
tuberculate +
fluted;spheric;depressed-spheric or club-shaped +
tinged color +
specialized +
sepal-like +
true +
surrounding +
sunken +
abscising +
epigynous +
compound +
parietal +
3;14 +
not reticulate +
spinulo-punctate +
coalescent +
length +
Cactaceae +
1958 +
vertical +
3;2;2;30 +
minute +
diffuse +
tuberlike +
deep +
adjacent +
yellow-tan +
developing +
2.5mm;4mm +
absent +
glabrous +
1;400 +
warped;subcircular;angled +
persistent +
detachable +
yellow-tipped +
smooth;slightly lumpy +
bristlelike +
barbed +
silvery +
pliable +
stout +
not spreading +
absent +
conspicuous +
roughened +
50;1500 +
decurrent +
gray-green +
attached +
dislodged +
glabrous +
tuberculate +
segmented +
1;3;14 +
absent +
adventitious +
tuberlike +
Cylindropuntia imbricata var. argentea +
Cylindropuntia imbricata +
variety +
5;50 +
close-set +
distinct +
absent +
prominent +
equal +
deep +
single +
protruding +
enlarged +
branched +
terrestrial;epiphytic or epipetric +
large +
feltlike +