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Opuntia aoracantha Lem.
Cact. Aliq. Nov. Desc. 34. 1856
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Tephrocactus aoracanthus (Lem.) Lem.
Cactées Cact. 89 (1868)

Opuntia aoracantha (Tephrocactus aoracanthus) Photo by: Carolina González
Fruiting habit (Mendoza province, Argentina)

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Tephrocactus aoracanthus (Lem.) Lem.
Cactées Cact. 89 (1868)
Synonymy: 10
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Tephrocactus aoracanthus group

  • Tephrocactus aoracanthus (Lem.) Lem.: has 7-8 spines, fierce, very unequal, erect or spreading, slightly flexible to somewhat rigid, 1-10(-15) cm long. Distribution: Argentina (San Juan, La Rioja and Mendoza )
  • Tephrocactus aoracanthus var. paediophilus (A.Cast.) J.G.Lamb.: has very long spines (as much as 30 cm long), papery but still sharp. Distribution: Argentina (La Rioja and Mendoza).

27133 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Tephrocactus aoracanthus - Santa Rosa valley, San Juan, Argentina, 23 december 2002. (Tephrocactus aoracanthus) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
23645 carolina Carolina González
An immature fruit (Mendoza province, Argentina) (Tephrocactus aoracanthus) Photo by: Carolina González

17102 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Opuntia aoracantha (Tephrocactus aoracanthus) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
3888 cactus-art Cactus Art
Opuntia aoracantha (Tephrocactus aoracanthus) Photo by: Cactus Art

3884 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Opuntia aoracantha (Tephrocactus aoracanthus) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
27132 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Tephrocactus aoracanthus - Santa Rosa valley, San Juan, Argentina, 23 December 2002. (Tephrocactus aoracanthus) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini

27134 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Tephrocactus aoracanthus - Santa Rosa valley, San Juan, Argentina, 23 december 2002. (Tephrocactus aoracanthus) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
17214 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Opuntia aoracantha (Tephrocactus aoracanthus) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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