Taxon:  Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. linguiformis (Griffiths) B. D. Parfitt & Pinkava



Summary
Genus:
Opuntia
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Opuntioideae
Tribe:
Opuntieae
Nomen number:
435356
Place of publication:
Madroño 35:347.  1988
Verified:
02/27/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. (7 active accession[s])
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. cuija Griffiths & Hare (0 active accession[s])
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. engelmannii (1 active accession[s])
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. flavispina (L. D. Benson) B. D. Parfitt & Pinkava (0 active accession[s])
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. flexospina (Griffiths) B. D. Parfitt & Pinkava (0 active accession[s])
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. lindheimeri (Engelm.) B. D. Parfitt & Pinkava (10 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Opuntia linguiformis Griffiths

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family
  2. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  4. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia. Note: mentions; = Opuntia lindheimeri var. linguiformis (Griffiths) L. Benson
  5. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcowtongue cactus  1Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family
Englishcowtongue prickly-pear  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexasquestionably native in Bexar Co.FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
2Cultivated    also cult. 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia. Note: mentions; = Opuntia lindheimeri var. linguiformis (Griffiths) L. Benson
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoCoahuila de Zaragoza FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (questionably native in Bexar Co.)]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [South Australia]
Northern America
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Coahuila de Zaragoza]

Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  2. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia. Note: mentions; = Opuntia lindheimeri var. linguiformis (Griffiths) L. Benson
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=435356. Accessed 17 April 2026.