Opuntia gosseliniana
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID64405acbf20ca484583961 |
| Scientific name | Opuntia gosseliniana |
| Authority | F.A.C.Weber |
| First published in | in Bull. Soc. Natl. Acclim. France 49: 83. 1902. |
Description Top
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Opuntia gosseliniana, also known as the violet pricklypear, is a species of cactus found in Pima County, Arizona in the United States and Baja California, Chihuahua, and Sonora in Mexico. It is characterized by flat pads with a violet, pink, or red tinge and can reach heights of one to five feet. The cactus blooms in yellow or red. However, there is disagreement among experts on the classification of this species and its hybrids with other prickly pear species. It has been reported under various synonyms and has two known varieties, O. gosseliniana var. duraznilla and O. gosseliniana var. santa-rita (also known as Opuntia santa-rita). Its distribution is primarily in Mexico, but it has also been reported in Arizona.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Opuntia violacea var. gosseliniana | (F.A.C.Weber) L.D.Benson | Cacti Ariz.: 21. 1969. |
| Opuntia chlorotica var. gosseliniana | (F.A.C.Weber) D.J.Ferguson | in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 60: 159. 1988. |
| Opuntia chlorotica var. santa-rita | Griffiths & Hare | in Bull. New Mexico Agric. Exp. Sta. 60: 64. 1906. |
| Opuntia gosseliniana subsp. santa-rita | (Griffiths & Hare) Guiggi | in Cactology 3 (Suppl. II): 3. 2012. |
| Opuntia gosseliniana var. santa-rita | (Griffiths & Hare) L.D.Benson | Cacti Ariz.: 65. 1950. |
| Opuntia santa-rita | (Griffiths & Hare) Rose | in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 52: 195. 1909. |
| Opuntia violacea var. santa-rita | (Griffiths & Hare) L.D.Benson | Cacti Ariz.: 21. 1969. |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | violet prickly-pear |
| English | violet pricklypear |
| Chinese | 紫青仙人掌 |
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0001289837 |
| USDA Plants | OPGO |
| Tropicos | 5108196 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136629-1 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 1017356 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 867489 |
| Nature Serve | 2.146668 |
| IUCN Red List | 152167 |
| IPNI | 281640-2 |
| iNaturalist | 165885 |
| GBIF | 5384084 |
| Freebase | /m/02qrv1b |
| Elurikkus | 662531 |
| USDA GRIN | 25845 |
| Wikipedia | Opuntia_gosseliniana |
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| In public collections | 0 |