Opuntia macrocentra

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Internal ID UUID64405a963a822597912741
Scientific name Opuntia macrocentra
Authority Engelm.
First published in in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 292. 1856.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Opuntia violacea Engelm. Not. Milit. Reconn. 2: 157. 1848.
Opuntia violacea Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 2: 358. 1895.
Opuntia violacea var. castetteri L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41(3): 125. 1969.
Opuntia violacea var. macrocentra (Engelm.) L.D.Benson Cacti Ariz.: 21. 1969.
Opuntia shreveana C.Z.Nelson in Gatesburg Reg.: . 1915.

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Language Common/alternative name
English black-spined pricklypear
English purple prickly-pear
English purple pricklypear
Spanish nopal violaceo
Swedish purpuropuntia
Chinese 天鼓
Chinese 猿猴团扇
Chinese 大刺仙人掌

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001287230
USDA Plants OPMA8
Tropicos 5100629
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:175273-2
The Plant List tro-5100629
Open Tree Of Life 491128
NCBI Taxonomy 867494
Nature Serve 2.137095
IUCN Red List 152846
IPNI 175273-2
iNaturalist 47895
GBIF 5384155
Freebase /m/0jl1trz
EOL 596113
USDA GRIN 427021
Wikipedia Opuntia_macrocentra

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Exploring the biofunctionalities of lactic fermented cactus pear (Opuntia elatior Mill.) fruit beverage: an exotic superfood Kathiriya MR, Vekariya Y, Hati S J Food Sci Technol 12-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10933228
doi:10.1007/s13197-023-05893-y
PMID:38487287
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
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
Does urbanization ameliorate the effect of endoparasite infection in kangaroo rats? Hurtado G, Mayer G, Mabry KE Ecol Evol 26-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8495810
doi:10.1002/ece3.8062
PMID:34646477
Risks and Benefits of Commonly used Herbal Medicines in México Rodriguez-Fragoso L, Reyes-Esparza J, Burchiel S, Herrera-Ruiz D, Torres E Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 12-Oct-2007
PMCID:PMC2322858
doi:10.1016/j.taap.2007.10.005
PMID:18037151

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Opuntia macrocentra
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