Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
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| Buckhorn Cholla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Genus: | Cylindropuntia |
| Species: | C. acanthocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow | |
| Synonyms | |
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Opuntia acanthocarpa | |
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa, commonly referred to as Buckhorn Cholla, is a cactus native to California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the United States.
Ethnobotany
- Early spring was called ko’oak macat(the painful moon) by the Tohono O’odham because of scarce food supplies. During this season, they turned to cacti for food and pit-roasted thousands of calcium-rich cholla flower buds.
- Today’s O’odham people still pit-roast or boil the cholla buds, which taste like asparagus tips.
Subspecies and varieties
There are a number of recognized 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)
Gallery
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Dried during winter
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Flower
References
- Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database
- USDA Plants Profile: Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth
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