Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
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| Buckhorn Cholla | ||||||||||||||
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| Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow |
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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)
