Accession Data

Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica

Family: Cactaceae

Country of Origin: Ecuador, at elevations of 8000 to 10000 feet (2400 to 3000 m)

Description: Shrubby or treelike cactus, up to 14 feet tall (4.2 m); stem segments up to 10 inches long (25 cm), 2.4 inches in diameter (6 cm); awl-shaped leaves, up to 0.4 inch long (1 cm); glochids; 2 to 8 spines

Accession Data

Accession #: 198502278

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2215

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Cactaceae

SubFamily: Opuntioideae

Tribe: Austrocylindropuntieae

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Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica