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Grusonia parishiorum

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Grusonia parishiorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Grusonia
Species:
G. parishiorum
Binomial name
Grusonia parishiorum
(Orcutt ex Britton & Rose) Pinkava
Synonyms
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  • Opuntia parishii Orcutt, 1896.[1]
  • Grusonia parishii (Orcutt) Pinkava 1999[2]
  • Corynopuntia parishii (Orcutt) F. M. Knuth, 1935.[3]
  • Corynopuntia parishiorum (Orcutt) F.M.Knuth in C.Backeberg & F.M.Knuth, 1936
  • Corynopuntia stanlyi var. parishii (Orcutt) Backeb. 1958[4]
  • Opuntia parishiorum Orcutt ex Britton & Rose, 1919
  • Grusonia stanlyi (Engelm. ex B.D. Jacks.) H. Rob., 1973.[5]
  • Opuntia stanlyi Engelm. ex B.D. Jackson, 1848.[6]
  • Opuntia stanlyi var. parishiorum (Orcutt ex Britton & Rose) L.D.Benson in Cacti Ariz.,1950
  • Opuntia stanlyi Engelmann var. parishii ((Orcutt) L. D. Benson, 1950.[7]

Grusonia parishiorum is a species of cactus known by the common names matted cholla and Parish club cholla. It is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of California and Arizona.

Description

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Grusonia parishiorum grows in spreading mats along the sandy ground no more than about 20 centimeters tall. The segments are up to 9 centimeters long by 3 wide and is surfaced in fleshy tubercles bearing many spines each up to 5 centimeters in length. The flower is yellowish and the fruit is yellow and up to 8 centimeters long.

References

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  1. ^ Orcutt, W. Amer. Sci. 10: 81. 1896.
  2. ^ Pinkava, J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 32: 50. 1999.
  3. ^ Knuth, Kaktus-ABC 115. 1935.
  4. ^ Backeberg, Die Cactaceae 1: 361. 1958.
  5. ^ Rob., Phytologia 26(3): 176. 1973.
  6. ^ Jackson, Notes of a Military Reconnoissance 157, f. 9. 1848.
  7. ^ Benson, Cacti of Arizona (ed. 2) 39. 1950.
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