Opuntia auberi grows in the form of a tree and reaches a height of 3 to 8 meters or more. The branches occur at right angles from the trunk. The stem is cylindrical and has a brown color with glochidia. 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.[1][2]
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opuntia, auberi, flower, plant, species, belonging, family, cactaceae, native, central, america, cuba, antilles, scientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsclade, eudicotsorder, caryophyllalesfamily, cactaceaegenus, opuntia. Opuntia auberi is a flower plant species belonging to the family Cactaceae It is native to Central America in Cuba and the Antilles Opuntia auberiScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsOrder CaryophyllalesFamily CactaceaeGenus OpuntiaSpecies O auberiBinomial nameOpuntia auberiPfeiff 1840 Contents 1 Description 2 Taxonomy 2 1 Etymology 3 Gallery 4 ReferencesDescription editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Opuntia auberi grows in the form of a tree and reaches a height of 3 to 8 meters or more The branches occur at right angles from the trunk The stem is cylindrical and has a brown color with glochidia 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 1 2 Taxonomy editOpuntia auberi was described by Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer and published in Allgemeine Gartenzeitung in 1840 3 Etymology edit 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 4 auberi epithet awarded in honor of the director of the Botanical Garden of Havana Pedro A Auber 5 6 SynonymsNopalea auberi 7 Gallery edit nbsp nbsp nbsp References edit Rebman Jon P Pinkava Donald J December 2001 Opuntia Cacti of North America An Overview The Florida Entomologist 84 4 474 doi 10 2307 3496374 JSTOR 3496374 Opuntia Web Total Opuntia Site All About Opuntiads 2012 01 24 Retrieved 2023 09 07 Tropicos Name Opuntia auberi Pfeiff www tropicos org Retrieved 2019 10 20 Page O www calflora net Retrieved 2019 10 20 Eggli Urs 2004 Etymological dictionary of succulent plant names Newton Leonard E 1936 Berlin Springer ISBN 3540004890 OCLC 54407693 Dietrich Albert Otto Friedrich 1840 Allgemeine Gartenzeitung Vol v 8 1840 Berlin Opuntia auberi Pfeiff The Plant List www theplantlist org Retrieved 2019 10 20 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Opuntia auberi amp oldid 1174318338, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
