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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00071196
Occurrence ID:
067629ed-bb68-4ed2-a374-ea672f4c185a
Taxon:
Opuntia phaeacantha
Engelm.
Family:
Cactaceae
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson
Number:
26935
Date:
2012-05-11
Additional Collectors:
Liz Slauson, Chelsey Hull, Steve Jones
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Maricopa County, McDowell - Sonoran Preserve.
33.772141 -111.844204
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 421831E 3737212N
Elevation:
840 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
2763ft
Habitat:
Sonoran Desert scrub on bajada slopes
Substrate:
granitic
Associated Taxa:
Carnegiea gigantea, Cercidium floridum, Simmondsia chinensis, Senegalia greggii, Yucca baccata, Ambrosia dumosa, Krameria, Dasyochloa pulchella, Aristida purpurea, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Opuntia engelmannii engelmannii, O. phaeacantha, Larrea tridentata, Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa, C. leptocaulis.
Description:
Local, frequent, flowers with outer perianth yellow-maroon with rose-light green midstripe, inner perianth dark yellow with orange base and midstripe, filaments chartreuse becoming cream distally, anthers cream, style white, stigma lobes green, measurements in mm: 71(l)x65(w), 71x60, 72x60, 72x62, 72x58, 70x60, 70x52, 75x57, 74x54; inner tepal 32x22, broadly obovate; fruits collected 18 July 2012: rose-maroon, juicy, quickly abrubtly tapered at base, 42(l)x26(w) mm, 45x30, 40x28, 50x34.
Reproductive Condition:
flowers
Notes:
Sheet 2 of 2. Photos.
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Usage Rights:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Record ID:
067629ed-bb68-4ed2-a374-ea672f4c185a
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (
asalywon@dbg.org
)
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Current Record
Wendy C. Hodgson 26935
2012-05-11
Catalog #:
DES00071196
GUID:
067629ed-bb68-4ed2-a374-ea672f4c185a
Latest Identification:
Opuntia phaeacantha
Engelm.
Specimen Duplicates
Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Wendy C. Hodgson 26935
2012-05-11
Catalog #:
DES00071197
Latest Identification:
Opuntia phaeacantha
Engelm.
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Phenology (ver 1.0)
reproductive
: At least one reproductive structure of any kind is present (flowers, flower buds, fruits)
flowering
: At least one open flower is present