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Internal ID UUID64405a93ea06c235722877
Scientific name Opuntia rufida
Authority Engelm.
First published in in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 298. 1856.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Opuntia microdasys var. rufida (Engelm.) K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 706. 1898.
Opuntia microdasys subsp. rufida (Engelm.) U.Guzmán & Mandujano in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18. 2003.
Opuntia rufida var. tortiflora M.S.Anthony in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 55(1): 240, f. 15. 1956.

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Language Common/alternative name
English blind pricklypear
Spanish nopal rojizo
Persian اپونتیا روفیدا
Chinese 赤乌帽子
Chinese 红毛掌

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001287143
USDA Plants OPRU3
Tropicos 5100427
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:137005-1
The Plant List tro-5100427
Open Tree Of Life 793925
NCBI Taxonomy 867501
Nature Serve 2.133071
IUCN Red List 152354
IPNI 137005-1
iNaturalist 165900
GBIF 5384037
Elurikkus 532467
USDA GRIN 464990
Wikipedia Opuntia_rufida

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
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
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

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