familyCactaceae
subfamilyCactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
genusCylindropuntia
speciesCylindropuntia acanthocarpa
varietyCylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. major

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. major

(Engelmann) Pinkava

J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 32: 42. 1999.

Donald J. Pinkava
Illustrated
Basionym: Opuntia echinocarpa var. major Engelmann Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 305. 1856
Synonyms: Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. ramosa (Peebles) Backeberg Opuntia acanthocarpa var. major (Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow) L. D. Benson Opuntia acanthocarpa var. ramosa Peebles Opuntia echinocarpa var. robustior J. M. Coulter
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Mentioned on page 106, 109, 112, 114.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: John Myers

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Shrubs, sprawling, with numerous branches, usually at obtuse angles. Stem segments green to dark green, 8–20 (–31) cm; tubercles salient, moderately broad, 1.5–2.5 cm. Spines 14–18 (–23) per areole, yellow to deep redbrown, aging gray, not baggy sheathed; major abaxial spines usually deflexed, spreading. Flowers: inner tepals yellow, bronze, or brick-red. Fruits spiny; areoles 14–22 (–26). 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering spring (Mar–Jun).
Habitat: Sonoran Desert, sandy flats, washes, rocky slopes
Elevation: 300-900 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. major hybridizes with C. bigelovii (= C. campii M. A. Baker & Pinkava).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
22 +
Abaxial spine arrangement
divergent +
Abaxial spine orientation
Spreading (Deflexed) +
Abaxial spine shape
subterete +  and flattened +
Abaxial spine size
major +
Adaxial spine arrangement
ascending-divergent +
Adaxial spine coloration
gray +, tan +  and deep redbrown +
Adaxial spine life cycle
aging +
Adaxial spine shape
Terete (?) +
Adaxial spine size
major +
Adaxial tuft prominence
inconspicuous +
Adaxial tuft size
small +
Angle shape
obtuse +
Anther coloration
yellow +
Appearance shape
cushionlike +
Appendage architecture
arillate +
Appendage pubescence or texture
corky +
Areole arrangement or shape
elliptic +
Areole atypical quantity
22 (26) +
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 length
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
Areole margin architecture
bristlelike +
Areole margin height or length or size
short +
Areole margin quantity
0 (5) +
Areole presence
absent +
Areole prominence
Conspicuous (Obscure) +
Areole quantity
14 +  and 22 +
Areole shape
elliptic +  and subcircular +
Areole width
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Author
Donald J. Pinkava +
Authority
(Engelmann) Pinkava +
Basal tubercle length
longest +
Basionyms
Opuntia echinocarpa var. major +
Branch quantity
numerous +
Central spine atypical some measurement
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (3.8 cm38 mm <br />0.038 m <br />) +
Central spine length
longest +
Central spine some measurement
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
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
2 (4) +
Depression size
large +
Distribution
Ariz. +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
Elevation
300-900 m +
Envelope derivation
funicular +
Envelope texture
osseous +
Epidermis arrangement
separating +
Epidermis condition
intact +
Epidermis sheath duration
deciduous +
Filament coloration
red +
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
spiny +  and spineless +
Fruit architecture or shape
spiny +
Fruit coloration
tan +
Fruit condition
drying +
Fruit condition or texture
dry +
Fruit dehiscence
indehiscent +
Fruit duration
persistent +, long +  and deciduous +
Fruit length
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
Fruit relief
tuberculate +
Fruit shape
obconic +  and ellipsoid +
Fruit texture
dry +  and fleshy +
Fruit width
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Girdle architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Girdle derivation
funicular +
Glochid coloration
Yellow (Brown) +
Glochid presence
absent +
Glochid some measurement
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Habitat
Sonoran Desert, sandy flats, washes, rocky slopes +
Hair density
dense +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence derivation
true +
Inner tepal architecture or shape
apiculate-emarginate +
Inner tepal coloration
Brick-red (?) +, Bronze (?) +  and Yellow (?) +
Inner tepal shape
spatulate +
Inner tepal some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 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 (Mar–Jun). +
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 +
Publication title
J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. +
Publication year
1999 +
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
pale-yellow +  and tan +
Seed development
developing +
Seed diameter
0.4mm;12mm +
Seed length
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Seed presence
absent +
Seed pubescence
glabrous +
Seed quantity
1;400 +
Seed shape
warped;squarish;angular +
Seed some measurement
0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Seed width
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
Segment duration
persistent +
Segment fragility
detachable +
Sheath coloration
White (Grayish) +
Sheath size
tight-fitting +
Side architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Source xml
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Special status
Illustrated +
Spine architecture
not sheathed +
Spine architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Spine architecture or shape
barbed +
Spine atypical quantity
18 (23) +
Spine coloration
gray +, yellow +  and deep redbrown +
Spine duration
deciduous +  and persistent +
Spine fragility
pliable +
Spine height or length or size
short +
Spine life cycle
aging +
Spine presence
absent +
Spine prominence
conspicuous +
Spine quantity
14 (?) +  and 18 (?) +
Spine relief or texture
roughened +
Spine shape
flattened +
Spine size
Major (?) +
Spine texture
hard +  and rigid +
Stamen quantity
50;1500 +
Stamen shape
decurrent +
Stem architecture
winged +  and unsegmented +
Stem relief
tuberculate +  and smooth +
Stem segment atypical length
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
Stem segment atypical some measurement
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (31 cm310 mm <br />0.31 m <br />) +
Stem segment atypical width
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Stem segment coloration
green +  and dark 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 /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
Stem segment pubescence
glabrous +
Stem segment relief
tuberculate +
Stem segment shape
Cylindric (?) +
Stem segment some measurement
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
Stem segment width
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Stem shape
segmented +
Stem texture
woody +  and succulent +
Stigma lobe atypical quantity
14 (20) +
Stigma lobe coloration
white +  and light green +
Stigma lobe quantity
1;3;14 +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style coloration
white +  and light green +
Style quantity
1 +
Synonyms
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. ramosa +, Opuntia acanthocarpa var. major +, Opuntia acanthocarpa var. ramosa +  and Opuntia echinocarpa var. robustior +
Taproot derivation
adventitious +
Taproot shape
tuberlike +
Taxon family
Cactaceae +
Taxon habitat
epipetric +  and epiphytic +
Taxon name
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. major +
Taxon parent
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa +
Taxon rank
variety +
Tepal quantity
5;50 +
Testa reflectance
dull +  and glossy +
Tip coloration
yellow +  and golden +
Tubercle fusion
distinct +
Tubercle orientation
salient +
Tubercle presence
absent +
Tubercle prominence
prominent +
Tubercle some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Tubercle width
broad +
Umbilicus depth
shallow +
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
200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +
Whole organism growth form
shrub +
Whole organism growth form or orientation
sprawling +
Whole organism habitat
terrestrial;epiphytic or epipetric +
Whole organism orientation
erect +
Whole organism quantity
Many (?) +
Whole organism some measurement
1m (2m) +
Wool coloration
gray-black +, yellowish +  and tan +
Wool height or length or size
short +
Wool life cycle
aging +
Wool pubescence
feltlike +
X chromosome quantity
11 +