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Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.
Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849) Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(2): 207 (-208). 1850 [Jan 1850] et: Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849). 1849: 235. 1850 [Apr 1850]
Family: CACTACEAE

Opuntia engelmannii Photo by: Raimondo Paladini

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.
Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849) Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(2): 207 (-208). 1850 [Jan 1850] et: Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849). 1849: 235. 1850 [Apr 1850]
Synonymy: 21 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii subs. aciculata (Griffiths) U.Guzmán & Mandujano
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18 (11 Oct. 2003). (first published in U.Guzmán et al., Catálogo Cact. Mex.: 179 [May 2003])
Synonymy: 5 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. cuija Griffiths
New Mexico Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 60: 44, pl. 2. 1906
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. dulcis (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. ex K.Schum.
Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 725 725 1898.
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. flavescens (Peebles) L.D.Benson
Cacti Ariz. 58 58 1950.
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. flavispina (L.D.Benson) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava
Madroño 35: 348. 1988
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. flexospina (Griffiths) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava
Madroño 35(4): 348 348 1988
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii subs. lindheimeri (Engelm.) U.Guzmán & Mandujano
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18 (11 Oct. 2003), first published in U.Guzmán et al., Catálogo Cact. Mex.: 179 [May 2003]
Synonymy: 6 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. linguiformis (Griffiths) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava
Madroño 35(4): 347. 1989 [1988 publ. 1989]
Synonymy: 3 Cultivars (1):
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: cow's tongue cactus", cow tongue prickly pear, desert prickly pear, discus prickly pear, Engelmann's prickly pear, Texas prickly pea, Engelmann, cactus apple, Cactus-apple
SPANISH (Español): nopal, abrojo, joconostle, vela de coyote

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Opuntia engelmannii group


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Opuntia engelmannii Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
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