Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa

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Buckhorn Cholla

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
Species: C. acanthocarpa
Binomial name
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow
Synonyms

Opuntia acanthocarpa

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa , commonly refererred to as Buckhorn Cholla, is a cactus native to California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the United States.

[edit] Subspecies and varieties

There are a number of recognised subspecies and varieties as follows:

  • subsp. acanthocarpa
  • var. coloradensis L.D. Benson (Colorado Buckhorn Cholla)
  • var. ganderi (C.B. Wolf) L.D. Benson
  • var. major Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow
  • var. ramosa Peebles
  • var. thornberi (Thornber & Bonker) L.D. Benson (Thornber's Buckhorn Cholla)

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