Details for: PARL 249, Opuntia hyptiacantha F. A. C. Weber, TAMUK# 1287

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Opuntia hyptiacantha F. A. C. Weber

Top Name:

TAMUK# 1287

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 hyptiacantha F. A. C. Weber

Top Name:

TAMUK# 1287

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

TAMUK# 1287

Type: Institute identifier

Texas A&M University

PARL 249

Type: Site identifier

Group: PARL

National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit

USDA, ARS, NALPGRU

Narrative

Collected by C. Russel in Agua Prieta, Mexquite, Mexico. In Mexico, this plant was discribed as a tuna blanca. One of best tasting fruits in the collection. High yield of large, orange fruits with many glochids and spines.

Opuntia hyptiacantha F. A. C. Weber

Genus:

Opuntia

Family:

Cactaceae

Subfamily:

Opuntioideae

Tribe:

Opuntieae

Nomen number:

25848

Place of publication:

D. G. J. M. Bois, Dict. hort. 2:894. 1898

Comment:

closely related to O. ficus-indica (L.) Mill., and perhaps not specifically distinct

Verified:

08/28/2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Opuntia matudae Scheinvar

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
Spanish	nopal cascarón	2	Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family 502.
Spanish	nopal memelo	2	Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family 502.
Spanish	tuna cascarona	2	Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. 1978. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 326.
Spanish	tuna chaveña	2	Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. 1978. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 326.
Spanish	tuna memela	2	Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. 1978. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 326.

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 249 04i SD	Not Available
CHEMICAL	Solubles solids content	refrac. percent, average of 3 fruits/plant, on 3 different plants at harvest date	11.6		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 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 249 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit color	Fruit color, Outer skin color of fully grown fruits at harvest time	or - orange		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit firmness	Fruit firmness of edible portion (at harvest date, average of 2 fruits per plant,kg)	0.88		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit number	Fruit number per plant (fruits harvested divided by number of plants)	16.3		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 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 249 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit weight	Fruit weight in grams (fruits weight harvested divide by number of fruits)	99.7		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Cladode tendency to break off	Naturally broken off cladodes during one season (average number per plant)	5		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Cladode color	Cladode color (ASHS color chart)	lg - light green		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 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	1.9		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed color	Seed color	be - beige		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Spine number on the cladode	Spine number per cladode (3 aeroles on 3 different cladode from previous year)	5		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 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 249 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Spine length on the cladode	Average spine length on cladode, longest of 3 different spines on 3 cladode (mm)	43.7		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 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 249 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	39.1		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 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	17.3		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 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	1.9		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit number per aerole	Fruit number per aerole, average of 3 aeroles on cladodes	18.1		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 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 249 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Spines strong on cladode	Spines strong on the cladode, on 2 year old cladode	y - yes		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower petal color	Petal color of the flowers at full bloom	pi - pink		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	cladode		OPUNTIA.CLADODE.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	flower		OPUNTIA.FLOWER.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	fruit		OPUNTIA.FRUIT.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	plant		OPUNTIA.PLANT.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	seed		OPUNTIA.SEED.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	spine		OPUNTIA.SPINE.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Day of first flower (Julian)	Day of first flower (Julian) 10 flowers have opened	181 (0%)	0	Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Seed weight per fruit	Seed weight, average seed weight of 5 fruits in grams	3.6		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Seed weight of 100 seeds	Weight of 100 seeds in grams	1.86		Excel file with the 2004 Opuntia data. ">OPUNTIA.2004.PARLIER	PARL 249 04i SD	Not Available