familyCactaceae
subfamilyCactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
genusCylindropuntia
speciesCylindropuntia imbricata
varietyCylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata

Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata

Donald J. Pinkava
Illustrated
Synonyms: Cactus cylindricus James Opuntia arborescens Engelmann Opuntia vexans Griffiths
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 113. Mentioned on page 107, 110, 112.
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Illustrator: John Myers

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Trees, with short trunks, openly branched, 3 (–5) m. Stem segments 12–40 cm; tubercles widely spaced. Spines and sheaths usually tan to dirty white or ± yello, sometimes absent. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (May–Aug).
Habitat: Deserts, grasslands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, hills, plains
Elevation: (800-)1100-1800(-2200) m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., Kans., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (San Luis Potosí), Mexico (Tamaulipas), Mexico (Zacatecas)

Discussion

A dominant cholla of the Chihuahuan Desert, Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata is wide- ranging and variable in several characters; it is generally shorter and more spiny northward (there often referred to as Opuntia arborescens). The species appears to be spreading northeastward in Oklahoma and Kansas as a result of cattle ranching activities. In Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico, var. imbricata intergrades with C. spinosior. Northward, var. imbricata hybridizes with C. whipplei (= C. ×viridiflora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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0-areole architecture
Spineless (Nearly spineless) +
2n chromosome quantity
22 +
Adaxial tuft density
dense +
Anther coloration
yellow +
Appearance shape
cushionlike +
Appendage architecture
arillate +
Appendage pubescence or texture
corky +
Areole arrangement or shape
elliptic +
Areole coloration
gray +  and tan +
Areole diameter
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Areole duration
deciduous +  and persistent +
Areole presence
absent +
Areole prominence
Conspicuous (Obscure) +
Areole quantity
18 +  and 30 +
Areole shape
obdeltate +  and rhombic +
Author
Donald J. Pinkava +
Authority
(Haworth) F. M. Knuth in C. Backeberg and F. M. Knuth +
Basionyms
Cereus imbricatush +
Chain architecture
sessile +
Chain architecture or shape
symmetric +
Chain life cycle
proliferating +
Chain orientation
arising +
Cladode length or size
long +
Cladode shape
flattened +  and cylindric +
Depression quantity
1 (4) +
Depression size
large +
Distribution
Ariz. +, Colo. +, Kans. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Durango) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +, Mexico (San Luis Potosí) +, Mexico (Tamaulipas) +  and Mexico (Zacatecas) +
Elevation
(800-)1100-1800(-2200) m +
Envelope derivation
funicular +
Envelope texture
osseous +
Epidermis arrangement
separating +
Epidermis condition
intact +
Epidermis sheath duration
deciduous +
Filament coloration
pink +  and magenta +
Flower architecture
pistillate +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower arrangement
arranged +
Flower duration
diurnal +
Flower part life cycle
abscising +
Flower quantity
1 +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Flower shape
salverform +, cup-shaped +  and rotate +
Flower tube atypical some measurement
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
Flower tube fusion
adnate +
Flower tube height or length or size
short +
Flower tube position
epigynous +
Flower tube some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
Fruit architecture
spineless +
Fruit architecture or shape
berrylike +
Fruit coloration
yellow +
Fruit condition
drying +
Fruit condition or texture
dry +
Fruit dehiscence
indehiscent +
Fruit duration
persistent +, long +  and deciduous +
Fruit length
2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
Fruit life cycle
not proliferating +
Fruit relief
tuberculate +
Fruit shape
obovoid +
Fruit texture
fleshy +
Fruit width
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Girdle architecture or pubescence or relief
with low marginal ridge +  and smooth +
Girdle derivation
funicular +
Girdle prominence
not protruding +
Girdle size or width
narrow +
Glochid coloration
Pale-yellow (?) +
Glochid presence
absent +
Glochid some measurement
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Habitat
Deserts, grasslands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, hills, plains +
Hair density
dense +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence derivation
true +
Inner tepal architecture or shape
apiculate +
Inner tepal coloration
Dark-pink (?) +  and Magenta (?) +
Inner tepal shape
obovate +
Inner tepal some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
Leaf architecture
sessile +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf duration
deciduous +
Leaf presence
absent +
Leaf prominence
vestigial +
Leaf shape
flattened +  and conic +
Leaf some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Leaf texture
succulent +
Long-shoot architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Long-shoot relief
tuberculate +
Long-shoot shape
fluted;spheric;depressed-spheric or club-shaped +
Margin coloration
tinged color +
Marginal ridge position
low +
Nectar chamber development
specialized +
Nectary architecture
sometimes covered by outgrowths of proximal portion of style base or of flower tube wall +  and open +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Outer tepal architecture or shape
sepal-like +
Outer tepal coloration
Green (?) +
Outer tepal shape
Bractlike (?) +
Ovary derivation
true +
Ovary position relational
surrounding +
Ovary prominence
sunken +
Perianth duration
persistent +  and deciduous +
Perianth life cycle
abscising +
Perianth position
epigynous +
Phenology
Flowering spring–summer (May–Aug). +
Pistil architecture
compound +
Pistil architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Placenta arrangement
parietal +
Placenta atypical quantity
14 (20) +
Placenta quantity
3;14 +
Pollen architecture or coloration or relief
not reticulate +
Pollen coloration or relief
spinulo-punctate +
Protuberance fusion
coalescent +
Protuberance shape
ridgelike +  and nipple--shaped +
Proximal portion character
length +
Proximal portion length or size
longer +
Publication title
in C. Backeberg and F. M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC, +
Publication year
1935 +
Reference
None +
Rib atypical quantity
30 (40) +
Rib orientation
vertical +
Rib quantity
3;2;2;30 +
Rib short-shoot architecture or shape
barbed +
Rib short-shoot size
minute +
Root density
diffuse +
Root shape
tuberlike +
Scar depth
deep +
Scar prominence or shape
flat +
Seed arrangement
adjacent +
Seed atypical quantity
0 (5) +
Seed coloration
yellow-tan +
Seed development
developing +
Seed diameter
2.5mm;4mm +
Seed presence
absent +
Seed pubescence
glabrous +
Seed quantity
1;400 +
Seed shape
warped;subcircular;angled +
Seed some measurement
0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Segment duration
persistent +
Segment fragility
detachable +
Sheath architecture
yellow-tipped +
Sheath coloration
Usually tan (Dirty white) +
Sheath presence
absent +
Side relief
smooth;slightly lumpy +
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Special status
Illustrated +
Spine architecture
bristlelike +
Spine architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Spine architecture or shape
barbed +
Spine atypical quantity
15 (30) +
Spine atypical some measurement
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Spine coloration
more or less +, usually tan +  and dirty white +
Spine course
curved +  and straight +
Spine duration
deciduous +  and persistent +
Spine fragility
pliable +
Spine fragility or size
stout +
Spine orientation
not spreading +
Spine presence
absent +
Spine prominence
conspicuous +
Spine quantity
8 (?) +  and 15 (?) +
Spine relief or texture
roughened +
Spine shape
flattened +  and terete +
Spine size
Subequal (?) +
Spine some measurement
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Spine texture
hard +  and rigid +
Stamen quantity
50;1500 +
Stamen shape
decurrent +
Stem architecture
winged +  and unsegmented +
Stem relief
tuberculate +  and smooth +
Stem segment arrangement
subwhorled +  and whorled +
Stem segment atypical length
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
Stem segment coloration
gray-green +
Stem segment course
Straight (Curved) +
Stem segment fixation
attached +
Stem segment fragility
dislodged +
Stem segment length
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
Stem segment pubescence
glabrous +
Stem segment relief
tuberculate +
Stem segment shape
Cylindric (Weakly clavate) +
Stem segment some measurement
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
Stem segment width
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Stem shape
segmented +
Stem texture
woody +  and succulent +
Stigma lobe atypical quantity
14 (20) +
Stigma lobe coloration
cream +  and green +
Stigma lobe quantity
1;3;14 +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style coloration
light green basally or pink +  and red-magenta +
Style quantity
1 +
Synonyms
Cactus cylindricus +, Opuntia arborescens +  and Opuntia vexans +
Taproot derivation
adventitious +
Taproot shape
tuberlike +
Taxon family
Cactaceae +
Taxon habitat
epipetric +  and epiphytic +
Taxon name
Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata +
Taxon parent
Cylindropuntia imbricata +
Taxon rank
variety +
Tepal quantity
5;50 +
Testa reflectance
dull +  and glossy +
Trunk height or length or size
short +
Tubercle arrangement
spaced +
Tubercle atypical some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Tubercle fusion
distinct +
Tubercle presence
absent +
Tubercle prominence
prominent +
Tubercle some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Tubercle variability
equal +
Umbilicus depth
deep +
Umbilicus some measurement
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Unit quantity
single +
Vascular-bundle prominence
protruding +
Vascular-bundle size
enlarged +
Volume
Volume 4 +
Whole organism architecture
branched +
Whole organism architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Whole organism atypical some measurement
300 cm3,000 mm <br />3 m <br /> (500 cm5,000 mm <br />5 m <br />) +
Whole organism growth form
tree +
Whole organism habitat
terrestrial;epiphytic or epipetric +
Whole organism orientation
erect +
Whole organism quantity
Many (?) +
Whole organism size
large +
Whole organism some measurement
3 (?) +
Wool coloration
gray +  and black +
Wool height or length or size
short +
Wool pubescence
feltlike +
X chromosome quantity
11 +