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Opuntia galapageia var. macrocarpa E.Y.Dawson
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 37: 141 1965
Family: CACTACEAE

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia galapageia var. macrocarpa E.Y.Dawson
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 37: 141 1965

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia galapageia Hensl.
Mag. Zool. Bot. 1: 467. 1837
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia galapageia var. brossettii Backeb.
Kakteenlexikon

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia galapageia var. profusa E.F.Anderson & Walk.
Madroño 20: 256. 1970

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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Opuntia galapageia group

  • Opuntia galapageia Hensl.: (var. galapageia) tree-like, forming trunks, but showing a great range of variation in habit, armament of joints, and character of spines. Distribution: sea level on Bartolome, Pinta, and San Salvador Islands.
  • Opuntia galapageia var. macrocarpa E.Y.Dawson: Has larger fruits, longer leveas and fewer glochids. Endemic of Pinzon Island in the shrubby areas at a higher elevation (above 175 m) than the other varieties which all grow near sea level.
  • Opuntia galapageia var. profusa E.F.Anderson & Walk.: Grows shrubby and produces an extraordinary number of fruits on each cladode ( up to 82). Distribution: Endemic of Rabida (Jervis) Island at sea level and it is found on no other islands.

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