Details for: PARL 244, Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill., Nopal de Castilla

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.

Top Name:

Nopal de Castilla

Origin:

Collected – Mexico

Maintained:

National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit

Received by NPGS:

12 Sep 2002

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.

Top Name:

Nopal de Castilla

Origin:

Collected – Mexico

Maintained:

National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit

Received by NPGS:

12 Sep 2002

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Source History

Accession Names and Identifiers

Nopal de Castilla

Type: Local name

Name from Mexico

TAMUK# 1277

Type: Institute identifier

Texas A&M University

PARL 244

Type: Site identifier

Group: PARL

National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit

USDA, ARS, NALPGRU

Narrative

In Mexico, it was used for vegetable production and known as "Nopal de Castilla." Taken from two sites on an abandoned plot, 1/2 km behind the town of Malpa Alta, Mexico. One of the highest yielding fruit clones in Texas.

Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.

Genus:

Opuntia

Family:

Cactaceae

Subfamily:

Opuntioideae

Tribe:

Opuntieae

Nomen number:

25840

Place of publication:

Gard. dict. ed. 8: Opuntia no. 2. 1768

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51493855

Comment:

an implicit reference to a Linnaean basionym may be assumed fide Shenzhen ICN Art. 41.3, Ex. 5

Verified:

08/28/2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Cactus ficus-indica L.

Autonym(s)
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. var. ficus-indica

Heterotypic Synonym(s)


Cactus decumanus Willd.
Opuntia decumana (Willd.) Haw.
Opuntia gymnocarpa F. A. C. Weber
Opuntia hispanica Griffiths
Opuntia maxima Mill.
Opuntia megacantha Salm-Dyck
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. var. gymnocarpa (F. A. C. Weber) Speg.
Opuntia cordobensis Speg.
Opuntia paraguayensis K. Schum.
Opuntia amyclaea Ten.
Opuntia ficus-barbarica A. Berger
Opuntia joconostle F. A. C. Weber ex Diguet
Opuntia albicarpa Scheinvar
Opuntia vulgaris Mill. var. vulgaris
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Barbary-fig	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Indian-fig	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Indian-fig prickly-pear	1	Irish, M. 2001. The ornamental prickly pear industry in the southwestern United States. Florida Entomol. 84:484.
English	mission cactus	1	Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family 499.
English	mission prickly-pear	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	prickly-pear	1	Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops Academic Press.
English	smooth mountain prickly-pear	1	Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family 499.
English	smooth prickly-pear	1	Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family 499.
English	spineless cactus	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	sweet prickly-pear	1	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
English	tuberous prickly-pear	1	Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family 499.
English	tuna cactus	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Afrikaans	boereturksvy	2	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Afrikaans	grootdoringturksvy	2	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
French	figuier de Barbarie	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	figuier d'Inde	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Feigenkaktus	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	figo-da-Espanha	2	Taylor, N. & D. Zappi. 2004. Cacti of eastern Brazil
Portuguese	figo-da-Índia	2	Taylor, N. & D. Zappi. 2004. Cacti of eastern Brazil
Portuguese	figueira-da-Barbária	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	jamaracá	2	Taylor, N. & D. Zappi. 2004. Cacti of eastern Brazil
Portuguese	jurumbeba	2	Taylor, N. & D. Zappi. 2004. Cacti of eastern Brazil
Portuguese	orelha-de-onça	2	Taylor, N. & D. Zappi. 2004. Cacti of eastern Brazil
Portuguese	palma-de-gado	2	Taylor, N. & D. Zappi. 2004. Cacti of eastern Brazil
Portuguese	palma-gigante	2	Taylor, N. & D. Zappi. 2004. Cacti of eastern Brazil
Spanish	chumba	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	chumbera	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	higuera	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	nopal de Castilla	2	Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. 1978. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 320.
Spanish	nopal pelón	2	Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. 1978. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 320.
Spanish	tuna	2	León, B. 1995. pers. comm. Note: re. Spanish common names
Spanish	tuna de Castilla	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	tuna mansa	2	Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family 499.
Swedish	fikonkaktus	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
CHEMICAL	Fruit acidity	pH of fruit pulp, average of 3 fruits/plant, on 3 different plants, 3 days after harvest	6		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
CHEMICAL	Solubles solids content	refrac. percent, average of 3 fruits/plant, on 3 different plants at harvest date	13.7		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
INSECT	Insect scale infestation	Insect scale infestation on the cladode	1 - None to almost no infestation		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower anther color	Anther color on the flowers (ASHS color chart)	ye - yellow		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower filament color	Filament color on the flower (ASHS colr chart)	or - orange filament color		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower pollen shed	Pollen shed of the flowers	y - yes, has pollen shed		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower stigma color	Stigma color of the flowers (ASHS color chart)	gr - green		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower style color	Style color of the flowers (ASHS color chart)	or - orange style color		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower petal number	Number of petals on the flowers, the average of 2 fully developed flowers on 3 plants	11.7		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit color	Fruit color, Outer skin color of fully grown fruits at harvest time	ye - yellow		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit firmness	Fruit firmness of edible portion (at harvest date, average of 2 fruits per plant,kg)	0.66		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit number	Fruit number per plant (fruits harvested divided by number of plants)	15.3		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit spines	Spines on fruits	y - yes, has spines		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit weight	Fruit weight in grams (fruits weight harvested divide by number of fruits)	124.6		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Cladode tendency to break off	Naturally broken off cladodes during one season (average number per plant)	4.2		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Cladode color	Cladode color (ASHS color chart)	gr - green		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Cladode width at its base(cm)	Cladode width at its base in cm, average of 3 fully grown cladodes from previous years	1.8		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed color	Seed color	be - beige		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Spine number on the cladode	Spine number per cladode (3 aeroles on 3 different cladode from previous year)	2		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Spine tip shape on cladode	Shape of the tips of the spines on the cladode	st - straight		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Spine length on the cladode	Average spine length on cladode, longest of 3 different spines on 3 cladode (mm)	3.7		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Cladode frost damage	Cladode winter frost or mechanical damage on 3 of most damaged plants in April	y - yes, has damage		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Cladode length(cm)	Cladode length in centimeters, average of 3 fully grown cladodes from previous year at the longest point	36.4		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Cladode width(cm)	Cladode width in centimeters, average of 3 fully grown cladodes from previous year at the widest point	18.3		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Cladode thickness(cm)	Cladode thickness in centimeters, average of 3 fully grown cladodes from previous year at the thickest point	1.8		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit number per aerole	Fruit number per aerole, average of 3 aeroles on cladodes	1.9		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Spines rudimentary on cladode	Spines rudimentary on the cladode, on 2 year old cladode	y - yes		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Spines strong on cladode	Spines strong on the cladode, on 2 year old cladode	n - no		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower petal color	Petal color of the flowers at full bloom	or - orange		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	cladode		OPUNTIA.CLADODE.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	flower		OPUNTIA.FLOWER.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	fruit		OPUNTIA.FRUIT.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	fruit2		OPUNTIA.FRUIT.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	plant		OPUNTIA.PLANT.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	seed		OPUNTIA.SEED.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Day of first flower (Julian)	Day of first flower (Julian) 10 flowers have opened	103 (0%)	0	Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Seed weight per fruit	Seed weight, average seed weight of 5 fruits in grams	3.4		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Seed weight of 100 seeds	Weight of 100 seeds in grams	1.30		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 244 04i SD	Not Available