PLANTS Profile for Cylindropuntia ×multigeniculata (Blue Diamond cholla)

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Cylindropuntia ×multigeniculata (Clokey) Backeb. (pro sp.) [echinocarpa × whipplei]
Blue Diamond cholla

Symbol:

CYMU11

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Cylindropuntia ×multigeniculata (Clokey) Backeb. (pro sp.) [echinocarpa × whipplei]

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Synonyms:
Cylindropuntia ×multigeniculata (Clokey) Backeb. (pro sp.) [echinocarpa × whipplei]

	OPMU3	Opuntia ×multigeniculata Clokey (pro sp.)		Blue Diamond cholla
	OPWHM	Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow var. multigeniculata (Clokey) L.D. Benson

Distribution:
Cylindropuntia ×multigeniculata (Clokey) Backeb. (pro sp.) [echinocarpa × whipplei]


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USA (AZ, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Cylindropuntia ×multigeniculata (Clokey) Backeb. (pro sp.) [echinocarpa × whipplei]

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 29 species in Cylindropuntia

Classification:
Cylindropuntia ×multigeniculata (Clokey) Backeb. (pro sp.) [echinocarpa × whipplei]

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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 ×multigeniculata (Clokey) Backeb. (pro sp.) [echinocarpa × whipplei] – Blue Diamond cholla

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cylindropuntia ×multigeniculata (Clokey) Backeb. (pro sp.) [echinocarpa × whipplei]

The synonym italicized and indented below is 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 whipplei var. multigeniculata
		Salvage restricted
Nevada:
Opuntia whipplei var. multigeniculata
blue diamond cholla		Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree
blue diamond cholla		Fully Protected

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 08:36 PM MDT