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Internal ID UUID64405a8edbde0742272719
Scientific name Opuntia basilaris
Authority Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
First published in in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 298–299. 1856.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Opuntia intricata Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 10. 1916.
Opuntia whitneyana E.M.Baxter Calif. Cactus: 37. 1935.
Opuntia brachyclada subsp. humistrata (Griffiths) Wiggins & C.B.Wolf Ill. Fl. Pacific States 3: 148. 1951.
Opuntia humistrata Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43(2): 83–84. 1916.
Opuntia basilaris var. humistrata (Griffiths) W.T.Marshall in: Marshall, W.T. & T.M.Bock, Cactaceae (Marshall & Bock): 65. 1941.
Opuntia basilaris subsp. whitneyana (E.M.Baxter) Munz Aliso 4: 94. 1958.
Opuntia basilaris var. albiflora Walton in Cact. J. (London) 2: 163. 1899.
Opuntia basilaris var. cordata Fobe in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 16: 46. 1906.
Opuntia basilaris var. whitneyana (E.M.Baxter) W.T.Marshall & T.M.Bock Cactaceae (Marshall & Bock): 65. 1941.
Opuntia treleasei var. kernii Griffiths & Hare in Bull. New Mexico Agric. Exp. Sta. 60: 81. 1906.
Opuntia whitneyana var. albiflora E.M.Baxter Calif. Cactus: 39. 1935.
Opuntia basilaris var. albiflora (E.M.Baxter) W.T.Marshall & T.M.Bock Cactaceae: 65. 1941.

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Language Common/alternative name
English beavertail pricklypear
English beavertail cactus
English beavertail prickly-pear
English beaver tail prickly pear
Spanish nopal del castor
Spanish opuntia whitneyana
Spanish opuntia humistrata
Hungarian hódfarkú fügekaktusz
Lithuanian padrikoji opuncija
Swedish bäversvansopuntia
Chinese 褐毛掌

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Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris
Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz Man. S. Calif. Bot.: 599. 1935.
Opuntia basilaris var. heilii S.L.Welsh & Neese in Great Basin Naturalist 43: 700. 1983.
Opuntia basilaris var. longiareolata (Clover & Jotter) L.D.Benson Cacti Ariz.: 43. 1950.
Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei (J.M.Coult.) J.M.Coult. ex Toumey in: Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1147. 1901.

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001286991
USDA Plants OPBA2
Tropicos 5100054
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136376-1
The Plant List tro-5100054
Open Tree Of Life 245816
NCBI Taxonomy 549777
Nature Serve 2.147857
IUCN Red List 152316
IPNI 281611-2
iNaturalist 57872
GBIF 5384070
Freebase /m/025rlv
EPPO OPUBA
EOL 404509
Calflora (Californian flora) 5926
USDA GRIN 25822
Wikipedia Opuntia_basilaris

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Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_043229145.1 dcOpuBasi1.0.p Scaffold University of California, Santa Cruz 2024-10-16 90 937.13 Mb

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More than a spiny morphology: plastome variation in the prickly pear cacti (Opuntieae) Köhler M, Reginato M, Jin JJ, Majure LC Ann Bot 19-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10799996
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad098
PMID:37467174
Evolution of the Xerocarpa clade (Opuntia; Opuntieae): Evidence for the Role of the Grand Canyon in the Biogeographic History of the Iconic Beavertail Cactus and Relatives Majure LC, Murphy TH, Köhler M, Puente R, Hodgson WC Plants (Basel) 18-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10385227
doi:10.3390/plants12142677
PMID:37514291
Anatomical and Biomechanical Properties of the Junction between Stem and Aerial Roots of Selenicereus undatus Pauls B, Lautenschläger T, Neinhuis C Plants (Basel) 04-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10346808
doi:10.3390/plants12132544
PMID:37447104
Developmental dynamics of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in Opuntia ficus-indica Niechayev NA, Mayer JA, Cushman JC Ann Bot 31-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10799983
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad070
PMID:37256773
Morphological and antioxidant responses of Nopalea cochenillifera cv. Maya (edible Opuntia sp. “Kasugai Saboten”) to chilling acclimatization Kondo A, Ito M, Takeda Y, Kurahashi Y, Toh S, Funaguma T J Plant Res 23-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9988806
doi:10.1007/s10265-023-01437-9
PMID:36690846
Seed Menus: An integrated decision‐support framework for native plant restoration in the Mojave Desert Shryock DF, DeFalco LA, Esque TC Ecol Evol 12-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9005930
doi:10.1002/ece3.8805
PMID:35432931
Cladodes: Chemical and structural properties, biological activity, and polyphenols profile Perucini‐Avendaño M, Nicolás‐García M, Jiménez‐Martínez C, Perea‐Flores MD, Gómez‐Patiño MB, Arrieta‐Báez D, Dávila‐Ortiz G Food Sci Nutr 10-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8269681
doi:10.1002/fsn3.2388
PMID:34262754
Identification of the Begomoviruses Squash Leaf Curl Virus and Watermelon Chlorotic Stunt Virus in Various Plant Samples in North America Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S, Martin DP, Lefeuvre P, Varsani A Viruses 30-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8147125
doi:10.3390/v13050810
PMID:33946382
New World Cactaceae Plants Harbor Diverse Geminiviruses Fontenele RS, Salywon AM, Majure LC, Cobb IN, Bhaskara A, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Khalifeh A, Smith K, Schreck J, Lund MC, Köhler M, Wojciechowski MF, Hodgson WC, Puente-Martinez R, Van Doorslaer K, Kumari S, Oyeniran KA, Vernière C, Filloux D, Roumagnac P, Lefeuvre P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger SP, Martin DP, Varsani A Viruses 16-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8073023
doi:10.3390/v13040694
PMID:33923787
Valley Fever: Environmental Risk Factors and Exposure Pathways Deduced from Field Measurements in California Lauer A, Etyemezian V, Nikolich G, Kloock C, Arzate AF, Sadiq Batcha F, Kaur M, Garcia E, Mander J, Kayes Passaglia A Int J Environ Res Public Health 22-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7432779
doi:10.3390/ijerph17155285
PMID:32707996
Her Majesty’s Desert Throne: The Ecology of Queen Butterfly Oviposition on Mojave Milkweed Host Plants Grodsky SM, Saul-Gershenz LS, Moore-O’Leary KA, Hernandez RR Insects 21-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7240705
doi:10.3390/insects11040257
PMID:32326147
A Novel Divergent Geminivirus Identified in Asymptomatic New World Cactaceae Plants Fontenele RS, Salywon AM, Majure LC, Cobb IN, Bhaskara A, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Khalifeh A, Smith K, Schreck J, Lund MC, Köhler M, Wojciechowski MF, Hodgson WC, Puente-Martinez R, Van Doorslaer K, Kumari S, Vernière C, Filloux D, Roumagnac P, Lefeuvre P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S, Martin DP, Varsani A Viruses 03-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7232249
doi:10.3390/v12040398
PMID:32260283
Studio One: A New Teaching Model for Exploring Bio-Inspired Design and Fabrication Schleicher S, Kontominas G, Makker T, Tatli I, Yavaribajestani Y Biomimetics (Basel) 29-Apr-2019
PMCID:PMC6631298
doi:10.3390/biomimetics4020034
PMID:31105219
CO2 and O2 dynamics in leaves of aquatic plants with C3 or CAM photosynthesis – application of a novel CO2 microsensor Pedersen O, Colmer TD, Garcia-Robledo E, Revsbech NP Ann Bot 11-Jun-2018
PMCID:PMC6153474
doi:10.1093/aob/mcy095
PMID:29893789
Conservation Planning for Offsetting the Impacts of Development: A Case Study of Biodiversity and Renewable Energy in the Mojave Desert Kreitler J, Schloss CA, Soong O, Hannah L, Davis FW PLoS One 03-Nov-2015
PMCID:PMC4631376
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140226
PMID:26529595

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