Details for: PARL 858, Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl. ex Pfeiff., PARL 858

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl. ex Pfeiff.

Top Name:

PARL 858

Origin:

Collected – Arizona, United States

Maintained:

National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit

Received by NPGS:

31 Jul 2010

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl. ex Pfeiff.

Top Name:

PARL 858

Origin:

Collected – Arizona, United States

Maintained:

National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit

Received by NPGS:

31 Jul 2010

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Accession Names and Identifiers

PARL 858

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

The plant is upright , very geometrical and after 8-10 years (grown with limited irrigation ) it is about 6 ft. tall and 6 ft. across. The largest pad was 16 inches wide by 23 inches in length. The fruit ripens in late June-July and is a deep reddish purple color outside and inside. It has numerous seeds embedded in a juicy pulp. The color is similar to the Opuntia engelmannii fruit but it is somewhat sweeter. An average fruit weighs about 4 oz.

Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl. ex Pfeiff.

Genus:

Opuntia

Family:

Cactaceae

Subfamily:

Opuntioideae

Tribe:

Opuntieae

Nomen number:

25866

Place of publication:

Enum. diagn. Cact. 165. 1837 (H. L. Wendland, Cat. hort. Herrnh. 1835, num. nud.?)

Verified:

08/29/2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Autonym(s)
Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl. ex Pfeiff. var. robusta

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Opuntia camuessa F. A. C. Weber
Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl. ex Pfeiff. var. larreyi (F. A. C. Weber ex J. M. Coult.) Bravo

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	wheel cactus	1	Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia. Note: lists as Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl.
Spanish	bartolona	2	Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family 516. Note: lists as Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl.
Spanish	camuesa	2	Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia. Note: lists as Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl.
Spanish	joconoxtle	2	Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia. Note: lists as Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl.
Spanish	nopal camueso	2	Vigueras G., A. L. & L. Portillo. 2001. Uses of Opuntia species and the potential impact of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Mexico. Florida Entomol. 84:494.
Spanish	nopal tapón	2	Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family 516. Note: lists as Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl.
Spanish	tuna bartolona	2	Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. 1978. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 333-334. Note: lists as Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl.
Spanish	tuna tapón	2	Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family 516. Note: lists as Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl.
Spanish	tuna tapona	2	Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. 1978. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 333-334. Note: lists as Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl.

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