Opuntia erinacea
| Opuntia erinacea | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Opuntioideae |
| Tribe: | Opuntieae |
| Genus: | Opuntia |
| Species: | O. erinacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Opuntia erinacea Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow | |
Opuntia erinacea, Mojave prickly pear, is a species in the Cactaceae family, that is a distributed throughout the Mojave and Great Basin deserts. Opuntia erinacea is suspected to be an allopolyploid that resulted from hybridization between Opuntia diploursina and Opuntia basilaris.[1]
References
- ↑ Stock, A. D., Hussey, N., & Beckstrom, M. D. (2014). A New Species of Opuntia (Cactaceae) from Mojave Co, Arizona. Cactus and Succulent Journal, 86(2), 79-83.
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