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Opuntia aciculata

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID643ff6fa28fdd272097982
Scientific name Opuntia aciculata
Authority Griffiths
First published in in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29(3): 10–11. 1916.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Opuntia lindheimeri var. aciculata (Griffiths) Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 19: 47. 1974.
Opuntia engelmannii subsp. aciculata (Griffiths) U.Guzmán & Mandujano in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18. 2003.
Opuntia engelmannii var. aciculata (Griffiths) D.Weniger Cacti S. W.: 178. 1969.
Opuntia engelmannii var. aciculata (Griffiths) Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 19: 47. 1974.
Opuntia aciculata var. orbiculata Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 10. 1957.

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Language Common/alternative name
English chenille pricklypear
English old man's whiskers
English cowboy’s red whiskers
Persian سبیل پیرمرد
Lithuanian laibadyglė opuncija
Chinese 花火仙人掌

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000386662
USDA Plants OPAC2
Tropicos 5101017
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:281603-2
The Plant List kew-2393424
IUCN Red List 152685
IPNI 281603-2
iNaturalist 47897
GBIF 7281082
Freebase /m/0gg948x
EOL 2876534
USDA GRIN 420184
Wikipedia Opuntia_aciculata

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