PLANTS Profile for Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. acanthocarpa (buckhorn cholla)

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PLANTS Profile

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth var. acanthocarpa
buckhorn cholla

Symbol:

CYACA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth var. acanthocarpa

Opuntia acanthocarpa

Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

More Information:

Synonym Information:

OPAC: Plant Guide (pdf) (doc)

Images:
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth var. acanthocarpa

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Synonyms:
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth var. acanthocarpa

	OPAC	Opuntia acanthocarpa Engelm. & Bigelow		buckhorn cholla
	OPACA	Opuntia acanthocarpa Engelm. & Bigelow var. acanthocarpa		buckhorn cholla

Distribution:
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth var. acanthocarpa


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth var. acanthocarpa

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 29 species in Cylindropuntia, 4 varieties in Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth

Classification:
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth var. acanthocarpa

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) Kreuzinger
Species	Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth – buck-horn cholla
Variety	Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth var. acanthocarpa – buckhorn cholla

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth var. acanthocarpa

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Opuntia acanthocarpa var. acanthocarpa
buckhorn cholla		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth var. acanthocarpa

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 09/17/2008 06:29 AM MDT