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Opuntia basilaris  Engelm. & Bigelow
Taxonomic Serial No.: 19693

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): beavertail prickleypear
 
    beavertail pricklypear
 
    Nopal del castor [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  -- Planta, plantes, plants, Vegetal  
    SubkingdomTracheobionta  -- vascular plants  
       DivisionMagnoliophyta  -- angiospermes, angiosperms, flowering plants, phanérogames, plantes à fleurs, plantes à fruits  
          ClassMagnoliopsida  -- dicots, dicotylédones, dicotyledons  
             SubclassCaryophyllidae   
                OrderCaryophyllales   
                   FamilyCactaceae  -- cactus  
                      GenusOpuntia P. Mill. -- cactus spp., figues de Barbarie, Prickly pear, prickly pear species, pricklypear, pricklypear and cholla  
                         SpeciesOpuntia basilaris Engelm. & Bigelow -- beavertail prickleypear, beavertail pricklypear, Nopal del castor  
    Direct Children:  
                            Variety Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris Engelm. & Bigelow -- beavertail pricklypear 
                            Variety Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz -- beavertail pricklypear 
                            Variety Opuntia basilaris var. heilii Welsh & Neese -- Heil's beavertail pricklypear 
                            Variety Opuntia basilaris var. longiareolata (Clover & Jotter) L. Benson -- beavertail pricklypear, Grand Canyon beavertail cactus 
                            Variety Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei (Coult.) Coult. ex Toumey -- bakersfield cactus, trelease's beavertail prickleypear, Trelease's beavertail pricklypear 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John Kartesz  
  Notes: Biota of North America Project (BONAP), University of North Carolina   
  Reference for: Opuntia basilaris   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Nopal del castor [Spanish]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Opuntia basilaris, beavertail prickleypear   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Opuntia basilaris   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Opuntia basilaris   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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