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Opuntia cyclodes (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Rose
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13(9): 309 1911.
Family: CACTACEAE

= Opuntia engelmannii var. cyclodes Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 291 1856

Accepted Scientific Name: Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.
Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849) Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(2): 207 (-208). 1850 [Jan 1850] et: Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849). 1849: 235. 1850 [Apr 1850]

Opuntia cyclodes (Opuntia engelmannii var. cyclodes) Photo by: Diego Armentano
A typical areole's armor consists of 1 large, flattened spine 18-45 mm long, plus occasionally one or two additional shorter spines below which are only 8-10 mm long; but some specimens show up to 4 of the larger spines spreading downward and 2 of the lower, shorter ones. All spines are yellow and deflexed (pointing downward).

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.
Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849) Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(2): 207 (-208). 1850 [Jan 1850] et: Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849). 1849: 235. 1850 [Apr 1850]
Synonymy: 21 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii subs. aciculata (Griffiths) U.Guzmán & Mandujano
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18 (11 Oct. 2003). (first published in U.Guzmán et al., Catálogo Cact. Mex.: 179 [May 2003])
Synonymy: 5 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. cuija Griffiths
New Mexico Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 60: 44, pl. 2. 1906
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. dulcis (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. ex K.Schum.
Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 725 725 1898.
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. flavescens (Peebles) L.D.Benson
Cacti Ariz. 58 58 1950.
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. flavispina (L.D.Benson) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava
Madroño 35: 348. 1988
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. flexospina (Griffiths) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava
Madroño 35(4): 348 348 1988
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii subs. lindheimeri (Engelm.) U.Guzmán & Mandujano
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18 (11 Oct. 2003), first published in U.Guzmán et al., Catálogo Cact. Mex.: 179 [May 2003]
Synonymy: 6 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. linguiformis (Griffiths) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava
Madroño 35(4): 347. 1989 [1988 publ. 1989]
Synonymy: 3 Cultivars (1):
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Opuntia engelmannii group



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