Opuntia auberi is a flower plant species belonging to the family Cactaceae. It is native to Central America in Cuba and the Antilles.
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Genus: | Opuntia |
Species: | O. auberi |
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Opuntia auberi Pfeiff., 1840 | |
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Opuntia auberi grows in the form of a tree and reaches a height of 3 to 8 meters and more. The branches occur at right angles from the trunk. The stem is cylindrical and has brown color with gloquidia. It is blue-green to gray-green, with large pieces up to 30 centimeters long. The flowers are pink and measure up to 9 cm long.
Opuntia auberi was described by Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer and published in Allgemeine Gartenzeitung in 1840.[1]
Opuntia : generic name that comes from the Greek used by Pliny the Elder for a plant that grew around the city of Opus in Greece.[2]
auberi : epithet awarded in honor of the director of the Botanical Garden of Havana Pedro A. Auber.[3][4]
Nopalea auberi [5]
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