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Opuntia macrorhiza

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Opuntia macrorhiza
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Internal ID UUID64405a9793baa144365802
Scientific name Opuntia macrorhiza
Authority Engelm.
First published in in Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(2): 206. 1850.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Opuntia leptocarpa Mackensen in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 141. 1911.
Opuntia fusiformis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Pacif. Railr. Rep. Parke, Bot. 4(5): 43. 1857.
Opuntia xanthoglochia Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 166. 1910.
Opuntia roseana Mackensen in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 142. 1911.
Opuntia tuberculata Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 80. 1819.
Opuntia sphaerocarpa Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Pacif. Railr. Rep. Parke, Bot. 4(5): 47. 1857.
Opuntia seguina C.Z.Nelson in Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci. 12: 120. 1919.
Cactus tuberculatus Willd. Enum. Pl., Suppl.: 34. 1814.
Opuntia mesacantha var. oplocarpa J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 431. 1896.
Opuntia rafinesquei f. oplocarpa (J.M.Coult.) Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 50. 1907.
Opuntia greenei (J.M.Coult.) Engelm. ex Britton & Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 523. 1908.
Opuntia grandiflora Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 295. 1856.
Opuntia fuscoatra Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 297. 1856.
Opuntia stenochila Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 296. 1856.
Opuntia mesacantha var. macrorhiza (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 430. 1896.
Opuntia mesacantha var. stenochila (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 430. 1896.
Opuntia compressa var. macrorhiza (Engelm.) L.D.Benson Cacti Ariz.: 50. 1950.
Opuntia compressa var. stenochila (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) D.Weniger Cacti Southwest: 211. 1970.
Opuntia compressa var. fuscoatra (Engelm.) D.Weniger Cacti Southwest: 207. 1970.
Opuntia loomisii Peebles in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 9: 109. 1938.
Opuntia macrorhiza var. grandiflora (Engelm.) Bulot in Succulentes (France): . 2002.
Opuntia macrorhiza var. greenii (J.M.Coult.) Bulot in Succulentes (France): . 2002.
Opuntia mesacantha var. grandiflora Engelm. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 429. 1896.
Opuntia mesacantha var. greenii J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 431. 1896.
Opuntia rafinesquei var. fusiformis Engelm. in Pacif. Railr. Rep., Bot. 4(5): 43. 1856.
Opuntia rafinesquei var. grandiflora Engelm. Descr. Cact.: 55. 1856.

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Language Common/alternative name
English twistspine pricklypear
English grassland pricklypear
English plains twistspine pricklypear
Spanish nopal raizudo
Spanish opuntia leptocarpa
Spanish opuntia sphaerocarpa
Chinese 大根团扇

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001287376
USDA Plants OPMA2
Tropicos 5101037
INPN 610563
Flora of Italy 10332
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:175276-2
The Plant List tro-5101037
Missouri Botanical Garden 278481
PFAF Opuntia macrorhiza
Open Tree Of Life 206719
Observations.org 195431
NCBI Taxonomy 1041245
Nature Serve 2.146667
IUCN Red List 152371
IPNI 281649-2
iNaturalist 165891
GBIF 5384048
Freebase /m/0ztf6b0
WisFlora 4364
EPPO OPUMR
EOL 589563
Elurikkus 532471
USDA GRIN 435367
Wikipedia Opuntia_macrorhiza

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Pistachio green hull and pomegranate peel extracts as two natural antiglycation agents Roudbari M, Barzegar M, Sahari MA Food Sci Nutr 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC11077175
doi:10.1002/fsn3.4039
PMID:38726394
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
Functional Characterization and Toxicity of Pectin from Red Chilto Fruit Waste (Peels) Orqueda ME, Zampini IC, Torres S, Isla MI Plants (Basel) 10-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10384730
doi:10.3390/plants12142603
PMID:37514218
Physical, Nutritional, and Bioactive Properties of Mandacaru Cladode Flour (Cereus jamacaru DC.): An Unconventional Food Plant from the Semi-Arid Brazilian Northeast Martins AC, Medeiros GK, da Silva JY, Viera VB, Barros PD, Lima MD, da Silva MS, Tavares JF, do Nascimento YM, da Silva EF, Soares JK, de Souza EL, de Oliveira ME Foods 26-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9739843
doi:10.3390/foods11233814
PMID:36496622
Characterization of Polysaccharides Sequentially Extracted from Allium roseum Leaves and Their Hepatoprotective Effects against Cadmium Induced Toxicity in Mouse Liver Teka N, Alminderej FM, Souid G, El-Ghoul Y, Le Cerf D, Majdoub H Antioxidants (Basel) 21-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9599006
doi:10.3390/antiox11101866
PMID:36290591
Phenolic Compounds’ Occurrence in Opuntia Species and Their Role in the Inflammatory Process: A Review Zeghbib W, Boudjouan F, Vasconcelos V, Lopes G Molecules 25-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9330797
doi:10.3390/molecules27154763
PMID:35897933
Population genomics of free‐ranging Great Plains white‐tailed and mule deer reflects a long history of interspecific hybridization Combe FJ, Jaster L, Ricketts A, Haukos D, Hope AG Evol Appl 14-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8792484
doi:10.1111/eva.13330
PMID:35126651
Wildfire and topography drive woody plant diversity in a Sky Island mountain range in the Southwest USA Barton AM, Poulos H Ecol Evol 05-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8571633
doi:10.1002/ece3.8158
PMID:34765136
Using high hydrostatic pressures to retain the antioxidant compounds and to reduce the enzymatic activity of a pitaya–pineapple (Stenocereus sp.–Fragaria ananassa) beverage Sandate-Flores L, Rostro-Alanis MD, Mancera-Andrade EI, Esquivel-Hernandez DA, Brambila-Paz C, Parra-Saldívar R, Welti-Chanes J, Escobedo-Avellaneda Z, Rodríguez-Rodríguez J J Food Sci Technol 09-Feb-2017
PMCID:PMC5334218
doi:10.1007/s13197-016-2482-7
PMID:28298674
Evolutionary irony: evidence that ‘defensive’ plant spines act as a proximate cue to attract a mammalian herbivore Kohl KD, Miller AW, Dearing MD Oikos 18-Nov-2014
PMCID:PMC8046181
doi:10.1111/oik.02004
PMID:33859445
Cytogeography of the Humifusa clade of Opuntia s.s. Mill. 1754 (Cactaceae, Opuntioideae, Opuntieae): correlations with pleistocene refugia and morphological traits in a polyploid complex Majure LC, Judd WS, Soltis PS, Soltis DE Comp Cytogenet 14-Feb-2012
PMCID:PMC3833768
doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v6i1.2523
PMID:24260652

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