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Platyopuntia retrorsa (Speg.) F.Ritter
Kakteen Südamerika 2: 496. 1980
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Opuntia anacantha var. retrorsa (Speg.) R.Kiesling
Candollea 53: 475. 1998

Platyopuntia retrorsa (Opuntia anacantha var. retrorsa) Photo by: Alexander Arzberger

Synonyms:

See all synonyms of Opuntia anacantha
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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia anacantha Speg.
Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 10: 391 1904
Synonymy: 8 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia anacantha var. kiska-loro (Speg.) R.Kiesling
Candollea 53: 475. 1998
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia anacantha var. retrorsa (Speg.) R.Kiesling
Candollea 53: 475. 1998
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia anacantha var. utkilio (Speg.) R.Kiesling
Candollea 53: 476. 1998
Synonymy: 2
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Common Names include:
SPANISH (Español): tuna

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

  • Opuntia anacantha Speg.: (var. anacantha) has dark green stem segments usually spineless and yellow flowers. Distribution: Southern Gran Chaco region of Argentina.
  • Opuntia anacantha var. kiska-loro (Speg.) R.Kiesling: has light green stem segments and orange flowers. Distribution: far north of Argentina into Bolivia.
  • Opuntia anacantha var. retrorsa (Speg.) R.Kiesling: has light green stem segments with sharp spines turned backward and has violet stripes downwards from the areoles. Flowers are yellow. Distribution: grassland in southern part of the range, Argentina.
  • Opuntia anacantha var. utkilio (Speg.) R.Kiesling: has elliptical, green stem segments and yellow flowers. Distribution: near Tucuman, Argentina.

27425 alexander Alexander Arzberger
Flowers on an almost completely dehydrated plant. Sometimes Opuntia retrorsa begins to bloom in November even without rain. (Opuntia anacantha var. retrorsa) Photo by: Alexander Arzberger
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