Opuntia chlorotica

Opuntia chlorotica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Genus:	Opuntia
Species:	O. chlorotica
Binomial name
Opuntia chlorotica Engelm. & Bigelow

Opuntia chlorotica is a species of plant in the Cactaceae family. It is a species of prickly pear native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its common names include pancake prickly pear and dollarjoint prickly pear.

This cactus is bluish-green and manifests a bushy to erect form that may attain a height of two meters or more.^[1][2] Some analysis of the prehistoric range of O. chlorotica has been conducted by studies in the Waterman Mountains of Arizona; these pollen core analyses indicate that this cactus species was present in northern Arizona in late Wisconsinan glaciation period.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1919. p. 160
2. ^ Jepson Manual Treatment: Opuntia chlorotica. 1993
3. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2009

References

• Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1919. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family‎ 236 pages
• C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Elephant Tree: Bursera microphylla, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
• Jepson Manual Treatment: Opuntia chlorotica. 1993

External links

• USDA Plants Profile
• Flora of North America; RangeMap
• Calflora images: Opuntia chlorotica

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