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Opuntia alexanderi Britton & Rose
Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 256. 1923 [24 Dec 1923]
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Tephrocactus alexanderi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
Cactus (Paris) no. 38: 250. 1953

Opuntia alexanderi (Tephrocactus alexanderi) Photo by: Flavio Agrosi
Geographical form from Talampaya la Rioja (Argentina). Collection Paladini Raimondo.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Tephrocactus alexanderi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
Cactus (Paris) no. 38: 250. 1953
Synonymy: 18
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Common Names include:
SPANISH (Español): Bola de Indio

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Tephrocactus alexanderi group

  • Tephrocactus alexanderi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.: has spherical branches forming spiny cushions. Spines 4 to 15, up to 4 cm long, white with dark tips. Flowers pinkish-white. Distribution: La Rioja and Salta, Argentina.
  • Tephrocactus alexanderi var. bruchii (Speg.) Backeb.: has roundish joints the size of a tennis ball, dark spreading-spines and beautiful white flowers, sometimes a well-defined pink-blue tint. Distribution: San Juan and La Rioja.
  • Tephrocactus halophilus (Speg.) Backeb.: Has more cylindrical joints, and white flowers. Distribution: saltpetre pans of the small valleys of the Sierra Pie de Palo, San Juan, Argentina.

20139 julio Julio C. García
Opuntia alexanderi (Tephrocactus alexanderi) Photo by: Julio C. García
15479 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Opuntia alexanderi (Tephrocactus alexanderi) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

26070 paolo Paolo Di Varena
Opuntia alexanderi (Tephrocactus alexanderi) Photo by: Paolo Di Varena
22011 julio Julio C. García
Opuntia alexanderi (Tephrocactus alexanderi) Photo by: Julio C. García

22012 julio Julio C. García
Opuntia alexanderi (Tephrocactus alexanderi) Photo by: Julio C. García
15478 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Opuntia alexanderi (Tephrocactus alexanderi) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

17272 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Opuntia alexanderi (Tephrocactus alexanderi) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
18167 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Opuntia alexanderi (Tephrocactus alexanderi) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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