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Opuntia bravoana - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Sanxenxo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain; 10/2005 © Jörn Germer

Opuntia bravoana - Stem segment - Click to enlarge!

Stem segment; Sanxenxo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain; 10/2005 © Jörn Germer

Opuntia bravoana - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Sanxenxo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain; 10/2005 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 121
Date of entry: 11.10.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Caryophyllales (112)

        Family: Cactaceae (20)(family description)

          Genus: Opuntia (5)

            Epithet: bravoana E.M. Baxter (1)

bravoana => in honor of Dr. Helia Bravo Hollis (1901-2001), Mexican well-known cactus specialist

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: red, yellow

External links

Check for Opuntia bravoana at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI
  • [159] Cactaceae - Flora of North America - www.efloras.org
  • [1195] Opuntia - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database

Literature

  • [8] Anderson, E.F. (2001): The cactus family. Timber Press, Portland, USA.

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