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Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. engelmannii
cactus apple

       
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Opuntia occidentalis var. megacarpa

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Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. engelmannii

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Synonyms:
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. engelmannii

  OPDI2 Opuntia dillei Griffiths  
  OPDI5 Opuntia discata Griffiths   smallfruit pricklypear
  OPLIT Opuntia lindheimeri Engelm. var. tricolor (Griffiths) L.D. Benson  
  OPME2 Opuntia megacarpa Griffiths  
  OPMI2 Opuntia microcarpa Engelm. ex B.D. Jacks.  
  OPOCM Opuntia occidentalis Engelm. & Bigelow var. megacarpa (Griffiths) Munz  
  OPPHD Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm. var. discata (Griffiths) L.D. Benson & Walkington  
  OPSU2 Opuntia ×subarmata Griffiths (pro sp.)  
  OPTA Opuntia tardospina Griffiths  
  OPTR6 Opuntia tricolor Griffiths  
 

Distribution:
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. engelmannii

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Related Taxa:
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. engelmannii

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 59 species in Opuntia, 6 varieties in Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.
 

Classification:
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. engelmannii

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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 Opuntia Mill. – pricklypear
Species Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. – cactus apple
Variety Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. engelmannii – cactus apple
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. engelmannii

This plant 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:
Engelmann's prickly-pear              Salvage restricted
 

More Accounts and Images:
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. engelmannii

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 195317.

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).

 
 
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