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Opuntia basilaris Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
Growing habit near Borrego Springs, California, USA. The common name Beavertail Cactus (Beavertail Prickly Pear) Refers to the pads that remember the tail of a beaver.
Growing habit near Borrego Springs, California, USA. The common name Beavertail Cactus (Beavertail Prickly Pear) Refers to the pads that remember the tail of a beaver.
Synonyms:
- Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
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Accepted name in llifle Database:Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 298-299 [preprint p. 51]. 1856 [Mar ? 1856]
Synonymy: 12
- Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
- Opuntia basilaris var. albiflora Walton
- Opuntia basilaris var. heilii S.L.Welsh & Neese
- Opuntia basilaris var. longiareolata (Clover & Jotter) L.D.Benson
- Opuntia longiareolata Clover & Jotter
- Opuntia basilaris var. ramosa Parish
- Opuntia basilaris var. whitneyana (E.M.Baxter) W.T.Marshall & T.M.Bock
- Opuntia basilaris subs. whitneyana (E.M.Baxter) Munz
- Opuntia whitneyana E.M.Baxter
- Opuntia basilaris var. woodburyi W.H.Earle
- Opuntia whitneyana var. albiflora E.M.Baxter
- Opuntia basilaris var. albiflora (E.M.Baxter) W.T.Marshall & T.M.Bock non Walton
Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz
Man. S. Calif. Bot. [Munz] 325. 1935
Synonymy: 6
- Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz
- Opuntia basilaris subs. brachyclada (Griffiths) Guiggi
- Opuntia brachyclada Griffiths
- Opuntia basilaris var. humistrata (Griffiths) W.T.Marshall & T.M.Bock
- Opuntia brachyclada subs. humistrata (Griffiths) Wiggins & C.B.Wolf in Abrams
- Opuntia humistrata Griffiths
Opuntia basilaris var. caudata hort.
Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia basilaris var. treleasii (J.M.Coult.) Toumey
Cycl. Amer. Hort. [L.H.Bailey] 3: 1147 1147 1901.
Synonymy: 3
- Opuntia basilaris var. treleasii (J.M.Coult.) Toumey
- Opuntia basilaris subs. treleasei (J.M.Coult.) Guiggi
- Opuntia treleasei J.M.Coult.
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New cladodes stretch from the plant base, from which the name "basilaris". Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Opuntia basilaris, near Borrego Springs, California, USA. Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
Habitat of Opuntia basilaris near Borrego springs. Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
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