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Austrocylindropuntia subulata - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Alvor, Algarve, Portugal; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer

Austrocylindropuntia subulata - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Alvor, Algarve, Portugal; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer

Austrocylindropuntia subulata - Branches - Click to enlarge!

Branches; Alvor, Algarve, Portugal; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer

Austrocylindropuntia subulata - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Alvor, Algarve, Portugal; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1348
Date of entry: 29.06.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Eve's Pin Cactus

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2654)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)

      Order: Caryophyllales (112)

        Family: Cactaceae (20)(family description)

          Genus: Austrocylindropuntia (1)

            Epithet: subulata (Muehlenpf.) Backeb. (3)

Synonym: Opuntia ellemeetiana Miq.

subulata => awl-shaped

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: shrub, arborescent

Flower colour: violet, pink

External links

Check for Austrocylindropuntia subulata at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI
  • [159] Cactaceae - Flora of North America - www.efloras.org

Literature

  • [8] Anderson, E.F. (2001): The cactus family. Timber Press, Portland, USA.

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