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Opuntia cespitosa

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Eastern Prickly-pear Cactus

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.982564
Element CodePDCAC0D350
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusProvisional
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyCactaceae
GenusOpuntia
Other Common Names
Oponce de l'Est (FR)
Concept Reference
Majure, L.C., W.S. Judd, P.S. Soltis and D.E. Soltis. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the Opuntia humifusa complex (Opuntieae: Cactaceae) of the eastern United States. Phytotaxa 290(1): 001-065.
Taxonomic Comments
Majure et al. (2017) here have revised the Opuntia humifusa complex and are recognizing O. cespitosa as distinct from Kartesz's (1994) concept of O. humifusa var. humifusa. O. cespitosa is treated here as a derivative of the O. macrorhiza species complex and the O. humifusa species complex.
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN1
ProvinceRankNative
OntarioS1Yes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
New JerseySUYes
ConnecticutSHYes
KentuckyS5Yes
OhioS3Yes
IndianaSNRYes
New YorkS3Yes
MassachusettsS1Yes
PennsylvaniaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)Yes
Roadless Areas (1)
Illinois (1)
AreaForestAcres
Burden FallsShawnee National Forest485
References (2)
  1. Drezner, T.D. 2017. North and South: Morphological variability in the endangered <i>Opuntia cespitosa </i>in Canada and variation with environmental conditions. Castanea 82(1): 8-23.
  2. Majure, L.C., W.S. Judd, P.S. Soltis and D.E. Soltis. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the <i>Opuntia humifusa </i>complex (Opuntieae: Cactaceae) of the eastern United States. Phytotaxa 290(1): 001-065.