familyCactaceae
subfamilyCactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
genusOpuntia
speciesOpuntia engelmannii
varietyOpuntia engelmannii var. flavispina

Opuntia engelmannii var. flavispina

(L. D. Benson) B. D. Parfitt & Pinkava

Madroño 35: 348. 1988.

Donald J. Pinkava
Basionym: Opuntia phaeacantha var. flavispina L. D. Benson Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46: 79. 1974
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 136. Mentioned on page 135.

Stem segments obovate, 15–23 × 14–18 cm, to 1.5 times longer than wide. Spines (0–) 1–7 per areole, evenly distributed on stem segments, arching downward, yellow with extreme reddish-brown basal portions, aging deep red to black, often twisted, the longest 65–75 mm, smaller ones depressed, whitish. 2n = 66.


Phenology: Flowering spring (Apr–May).
Habitat: Sonoran Desert, sandy bajadas
Elevation: 500-800 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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2n chromosome quantity
66 +
Age architecture
continuous +
Apex atypical length
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
Apex length
15cm;40cm +
Apex pubescence
glaucous +  and glabrous +
Apex relief
tuberculate +
Apex shape
elongate +  and tapering +
Apex width
10cm;40cm +
Appearance shape
cushionlike +
Appendage architecture
arillate +
Appendage pubescence or texture
corky +
Areole arrangement
distributed +
Areole arrangement or shape
elliptic +
Areole atypical length
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Areole atypical width
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Areole duration
deciduous +  and persistent +
Areole length
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Areole presence
absent +
Areole prominence
Conspicuous (Obscure) +
Areole quantity
20 +  and 32 +
Areole shape
subcircular +  and obovate +
Areole width
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Author
Donald J. Pinkava +
Authority
(L. D. Benson) B. D. Parfitt & Pinkava +
Basionyms
Opuntia phaeacantha var. flavispina +
Bristle shape
Hairlike (?) +
Chain architecture
sessile +
Chain architecture or shape
symmetric +
Chain life cycle
proliferating +
Chain orientation
arising +
Cladode length or size
long +
Cladode shape
flattened +  and cylindric +
Depression depth
shallow +
Depression quantity
1 (4) +
Depression size
large +
Distribution
Ariz. +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
Elevation
500-800 m +
Envelope derivation
funicular +
Envelope texture
osseous +
Epidermis arrangement
separating +
Epidermis condition
intact +
Extreme basal portion coloration
reddish-brown +
Flower architecture
staminate +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower arrangement
arranged +
Flower duration
diurnal +
Flower part life cycle
abscising +
Flower quantity
1 +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Flower shape
salverform +, cup-shaped +  and rotate +
Flower tube atypical some measurement
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
Flower tube fusion
adnate +
Flower tube height or length or size
short +
Flower tube position
epigynous +
Flower tube some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
Fruit architecture
spineless +  and stipitate +
Fruit architecture or shape
burlike +  and spiny +
Fruit coloration
dark red;purple +
Fruit condition
drying +
Fruit condition or texture
dry +
Fruit course
straight +
Fruit dehiscence
indehiscent +
Fruit duration
persistent +, long +  and deciduous +
Fruit length
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
Fruit life cycle
proliferating +
Fruit pubescence
glabrous +
Fruit relief
tuberculate +  and smooth +
Fruit shape
ovate-elongate +  and barrel-shaped +
Fruit texture
juicy +
Fruit width
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Girdle prominence
protruding +
Girdle some measurement
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
Glochid arrangement
scattered +  and spaced +
Glochid coloration
Gray (Blackish) +
Glochid count or density
sparse +
Glochid presence
absent +
Glochid some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Grain relief
foveolate +  and reticulate +
Habitat
Sonoran Desert, sandy bajadas +
Hair density
dense +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence derivation
true +
Inner tepal architecture or shape
emarginate-apiculate +
Inner tepal coloration
Orange (?) +  and Pink (?) +
Inner tepal shape
oblong +  and spatulate +
Inner tepal some measurement
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Leaf architecture
sessile +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf duration
deciduous +
Leaf presence
absent +
Leaf prominence
vestigial +
Leaf shape
flattened +  and conic +
Leaf some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Leaf texture
succulent +
Long-shoot architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Long-shoot relief
tuberculate +
Long-shoot shape
fluted;spheric;depressed-spheric or club-shaped +
Main axis development
determinate +
Main axis shape
terete +
Margin coloration
tinged color +
Nectar chamber architecture
open +  and simple +
Nectar chamber development
specialized +
Nectary architecture
sometimes covered by outgrowths of proximal portion of style base or of flower tube wall +  and open +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Outer tepal architecture or shape
sepal-like +
Outer tepal coloration
Green (?) +  and Yellow (?) +
Outer tepal shape
Bractlike (?) +
Ovary derivation
true +
Ovary position relational
surrounding +
Ovary prominence
sunken +
Perianth duration
persistent +  and deciduous +
Perianth life cycle
abscising +
Perianth position
epigynous +
Phenology
Flowering spring (Apr–May). +
Pistil architecture
compound +
Pistil architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Placenta arrangement
parietal +
Placenta atypical quantity
14 (20) +
Placenta quantity
3;14 +
Pollen coloration
yellow +
Protuberance fusion
coalescent +
Protuberance shape
ridgelike +  and nipple--shaped +
Proximal style width
thickening +
Publication title
Madroño +
Publication year
1988 +
Reference
None +
Rib atypical quantity
30 (40) +
Rib orientation
vertical +
Rib quantity
3;2;2;30 +
Rib short-shoot architecture or shape
barbed +
Rib short-shoot size
minute +
Root density
diffuse +
Root shape
tuberlike +
Scar depth
deep +
Scar prominence or shape
flat +
Seed arrangement
adjacent +
Seed atypical quantity
0 (5) +
Seed coloration
tan +  and grayish +
Seed development
developing +
Seed diameter
0.4mm;12mm +
Seed length
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Seed presence
absent +
Seed pubescence
glabrous +
Seed quantity
1;400 +
Seed shape
flattened;subcircular;deltoid +
Seed some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Seed width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Segment duration
persistent +
Segment fragility
detachable +
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Spine architecture
twisted +
Spine architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Spine architecture or shape
barbed +
Spine arrangement
distributed +
Spine atypical quantity
0 (1) +
Spine atypical some measurement
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Spine coloration
whitish +, red +  and black +
Spine course
straight +  and curved +
Spine duration
deciduous +  and persistent +
Spine fragility
pliable +
Spine length
longest +
Spine life cycle
aging +
Spine orientation
downward +  and arching +
Spine presence
absent +
Spine prominence
conspicuous +
Spine pubescence
with hairlike bristles +  and setose +
Spine quantity
1 (?) +  and 7 (?) +
Spine relief or texture
roughened +
Spine shape
depressed +
Spine size
Smaller (?) +
Spine some measurement
6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
Spine texture
hard +  and rigid +
Stamen quantity
50;1500 +
Stamen shape
decurrent +
Stem architecture
winged +  and unsegmented +
Stem relief
tuberculate +  and smooth +
Stem segment architecture
not disarticulating +
Stem segment arrangement or shape
circular +
Stem segment atypical length
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
Stem segment coloration
yellow-green +  and blue-green +
Stem segment l w ratio
0-1.5 +
Stem segment length
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (23 cm230 mm <br />0.23 m <br />) +
Stem segment presence
absent +
Stem segment pubescence
pubescent +  and glabrous +
Stem segment relief
nearly smooth +  and tuberculate +
Stem segment shape
Obovate (?) +
Stem segment width
14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
Stem shape
segmented +
Stem texture
woody +  and succulent +
Stigma lobe atypical quantity
14 (20) +
Stigma lobe coloration
yellow-green +  and green +
Stigma lobe quantity
1;3;14 +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style coloration
whitish +  and cream +
Style quantity
1 +
Taproot derivation
adventitious +
Taproot shape
tuberlike +
Taxon family
Cactaceae +
Taxon habitat
epipetric +  and epiphytic +
Taxon name
Opuntia engelmannii var. flavispina +
Taxon parent
Opuntia engelmannii +
Taxon rank
variety +
Tepal quantity
5;50 +
Testa reflectance
dull +  and glossy +
Tip coloration
yellow +  and paler +
Trunk height or length or size
short +
Trunk shape
segmented +
Tubercle fusion
distinct +
Tubercle presence
absent +
Unit quantity
single +
Vascular-bundle prominence
protruding +
Vascular-bundle size
enlarged +
Volume
Volume 4 +
Whole organism architecture
branched +
Whole organism architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Whole organism growth form
tree +  and shrub +
Whole organism growth form or orientation
decumbent +
Whole organism habitat
terrestrial;epiphytic or epipetric +
Whole organism orientation
spreading to sometimes +
Whole organism quantity
Many (?) +
Whole organism some measurement
1m (3m) +
Wing prominence or shape
flat +
Wool coloration
blackish +  and tawny +
Wool life cycle
aging +
X chromosome quantity
11 +