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Opuntia engelmannii

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Internal ID UUID6440572835cb3003915976
Scientific name Opuntia engelmannii
Authority Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.
First published in in Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(2): 207–208. 1850.

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It is also used in traditional medicine for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The fruits are also used in culinary dishes, such as jams, jellies, and salads. Overall, Opuntia engelmannii is a versatile and important plant in both its native and introduced regions.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Opuntia expansa Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 14. 1916.
Opuntia magnarenensis Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 9. 1916.
Opuntia riparia Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 27: 26. 1914.
Opuntia pyrocarpa Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 90. 1916.
Opuntia valida Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 27: 24. 1914.
Opuntia caesia Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 13. 1916.
Opuntia microcarpa K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 714. 1898.
Opuntia megacarpa Griffiths Ill. Stud. Opuntia: 91, pl. 2, f. 3, pl. 13, f. 10. 1909.
Opuntia occidentalis var. megacarpa (Griffiths) Munz Aliso 4(1): 94. 1958.
Opuntia cantabrigiensis Lynch in Gard. Chron., ser. 3 33: 98. 1903.
Opuntia engelmannii var. megacarpa (Griffiths) Fosberg in Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 33(2): 100. 1934.
Opuntia flavescens Peebles in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 9: 67. 1937.
Opuntia engelmannii var. flavescens (Peebles) L.D.Benson Cacti Ariz.: 58. 1950.
Opuntia neochrysacantha Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 19(1): 20. 1974.
Opuntia bensonii Sánchez-Mej. in Cact. Suc. Mex. 17(2): 47, f. 40. 1972.
Opuntia occidentalis var. megacarpa (Griffiths) Munz in Aliso 4: 94. 1958.
Opuntia engelmannii f. occidentalis (Engelm.) Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 52. 1907.
Opuntia engelmannii subsp. occidentalis Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 291. 1856.
Opuntia lindheimeri subsp. cantabrigiensis (Lynch) Guiggi in Cactology 3: 8. 2012.

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Language Common/alternative name
English cactus apple
English cactus-apple
English engelmann's prickly pear
English desert prickly pear
English discus prickly pear
Arabic صبير أنغلماني
Hungarian engelmann-fügekaktusz
Japanese 天人団扇
Lithuanian stambiavaisė opuncija
Chinese 天人团扇
Chinese 牛舌掌
Chinese 德州仙人掌梨果
Chinese 德州仙人掌果
Chinese 天人掌

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Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii
Opuntia engelmannii var. flavispina (L.D.Benson) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava in Madroño. 35: 348. 1988.
Opuntia engelmannii var. flexospina (Griffiths) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava in Madroño 35: 348. 1989.
Opuntia engelmannii var. laevis (J.M.Coult.) Felger, Verrier & Carnahan in Phytoneuron 2017-48: 1. 2017.
Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri (Engelm.) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava in Madroño 35(4): 346–347. 1989.
Opuntia engelmannii var. linguiformis (Griffiths) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava in Madroño 35: 347. 1989.

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- Native
  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands
    • Northern Africa
      • Tunisia
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • South Australia
      • Victoria
      • Western Australia
  • Europe
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria
      • Italy
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southwest
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Louisiana
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001258261
UNII 54JK3DR14O
USDA Plants OPEN3
Tropicos 50187383
Flora of Italy 8537
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60447905-2
The Plant List tro-50187383
Open Tree Of Life 1017346
NCBI Taxonomy 867486
Nature Serve 2.137078
IUCN Red List 152531
IPNI 60447905-2
iNaturalist 78264
iNaturalist 47901
GBIF 5384073
Freebase /m/027bq7q
EPPO OPUEN
EOL 404214
Elurikkus 636815
Calflora (Californian flora) 9170
US Library of Congress sh88023370
USDA GRIN 414086
Wikipedia Opuntia_engelmannii

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Pre-contact Agave domesticates – living legacy plants in Arizona’s landscape Hodgson WC, Jane Rosenthal E, Salywon AM Ann Bot 10-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10799993
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad113
PMID:37815005
Milk Composition of Creole Goats Raised at Different Altitudes in an Extensive Production System in Northeast Mexico Peña-Avelino LY, Ceballos-Olvera I, Rosales-Martinez GN, Hernández-Melendez J, Alva-Pérez J Animals (Basel) 24-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10251814
doi:10.3390/ani13111738
PMID:37889663
Traditional uses of wild and tended plants in maintaining ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa Maroyi A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8925170
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00512-0
PMID:35292046
Betalains and their applications in food: The current state of processing, stability and future opportunities in the industry Calva-Estrada SJ, Jiménez-Fernández M, Lugo-Cervantes E Food Chem (Oxf) 21-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8991513
doi:10.1016/j.fochms.2022.100089
PMID:35415668
Novel Approaches for the Recovery of Natural Pigments with Potential Health Effects Carrillo C, Nieto G, Martínez-Zamora L, Ros G, Kamiloglu S, Munekata PE, Pateiro M, Lorenzo JM, Fernández-López J, Viuda-Martos M, Pérez-Álvarez JÁ, Barba FJ J Agric Food Chem 18-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC9204822
doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.1c07208
PMID:35040324
No Consistent Link Between Dust Storms and Valley Fever (Coccidioidomycosis) Comrie AC Geohealth 01-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8628988
doi:10.1029/2021GH000504
PMID:34877441
Ultrasound-Assisted “Green” Extraction (UAE) of Antioxidant Compounds (Betalains and Phenolics) from Opuntia stricta var. Dilenii’s Fruits: Optimization and Biological Activities Gómez-López I, Lobo-Rodrigo G, Portillo MP, Cano MP Antioxidants (Basel) 08-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8614683
doi:10.3390/antiox10111786
PMID:34829657
Comparative study between in vivo- and in vitro-derived extracts of cactus (Opuntis ficus-indica L. Mill) against prostate and mammary cancer cell lines Heikal A, Abd El-Sadek ME, Salama A, Taha HS Heliyon 16-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8481975
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08016
PMID:34622044
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
Chemical and Bioactive Features of Amaranthus caudatus L. Flowers and Optimized Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Betalains Roriz CL, Xavier V, Heleno SA, Pinela J, Dias MI, Calhelha RC, Morales P, Ferreira IC, Barros L Foods 05-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8067032
doi:10.3390/foods10040779
PMID:33916443
Ethnobotanical biocultural diversity by rural communities in the Cuatrociénegas Valley, Coahuila; Mexico Estrada-Castillón E, Villarreal-Quintanilla JÁ, Encina-Domínguez JA, Jurado-Ybarra E, Cuéllar-Rodríguez LG, Garza-Zambrano P, Arévalo-Sierra JR, Cantú-Ayala CM, Himmelsbach W, Salinas-Rodríguez MM, Gutiérrez-Santillán TV J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 29-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8008621
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00445-0
PMID:33781298
TagSeq for gene expression in non‐model plants: A pilot study at the Santa Rita Experimental Range NEON core site Marx HE, Scheidt S, Barker MS, Dlugosch KM Appl Plant Sci 22-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7705334
doi:10.1002/aps3.11398
PMID:33304661
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
Global Actions for Managing Cactus Invasions Novoa A, Brundu G, Day MD, Deltoro V, Essl F, Foxcroft LC, Fried G, Kaplan H, Kumschick S, Lloyd S, Marchante E, Marchante H, Paterson ID, Pyšek P, Richardson DM, Witt A, Zimmermann HG, Wilson JR Plants (Basel) 16-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC6843271
doi:10.3390/plants8100421
PMID:31623290
Ultrasound and Microwave Assisted Extraction of Opuntia Fruit Peels Biocompounds: Optimization and Comparison Using RSM-CCD Melgar B, Dias MI, Barros L, Ferreira IC, Rodriguez-Lopez AD, Garcia-Castello EM Molecules 08-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC6804160
doi:10.3390/molecules24193618
PMID:31597259

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