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Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 292 292 1856
Family: CACTACEAE

Opuntia macrocentra Photo by: Diego Armentano
The flowers are yellow with brilliant red throat often not opening fully, and in some plants the red pigment extends like a "mid-stripe" on the tepals.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 292 292 1856
Synonymy: 8 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia macrocentra var. minor M.S.Anthony
Amer. Midl. Naturalist 55: 244. 1956
Synonymy: 2
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Golden spied prickly pear, Redeye prickly pear, Longspine prickly-pear, Longspine pricklypear, Long-spined prickly pear, Purple prickly pear, Purple-tinged prickly pear, Black-spine prickly pear, Black-spined prickly pear, Blackspine purple prickly pear, Prickly pear, Castetter pricklypear cactus, Castetter purple prickly pear, Long spined purplish prickly-pear, Violet prickly pear
SPANISH (Español): Nopal, Nopal Violaceo

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

  • Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.: has cladodes 15-20 cm long dark green, often purplish, with very long spines, mostly restricted to the upper margin of the cladode and only glochids on the lower areoles
    fruits deep purplish red. Distribution: Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico.
  • Opuntia macrocentra var. minor M.S.Anthony: has cladodes 10-15 cm long, glaucous blue-green with few areoles, fruits pinkish red. Distribution: Texas and Mexico.
  • Opuntia violacea Engelm.: has stiff spines on the upper half of the cladode.
  • Opuntia violacea var. gosseliniana (F.A.C.Weber) L.D.Benson: has bristlelike (flexible) spines arising from all areoles on a cladode.

24030 julio Julio C. García
Opuntia macrocentra Photo by: Julio C. García
17393 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
SB103 (Collector: Steven Brack) Locality: Rincon, New Mexico, USA Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

26721 carolina Carolina González
Areola. Photo by: Carolina González
17397 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Opuntia macrocentra Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

27533 carolina Carolina González
Opuntia macrocentra Photo by: Carolina González
17394 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Opuntia macrocentra Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

17396 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Opuntia macrocentra Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
17395 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Opuntia macrocentra Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli


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