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Opuntia echios var. barringtonensis E.Y.Dawson
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 34: 104. 1962
Family: CACTACEAE

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia echios var. barringtonensis E.Y.Dawson
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 34: 104. 1962
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia echios J.T.Howell
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 5, 21: 49. 1933
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia echios var. gigantea (J.T.Howell) D.M.Porter
Madroño 25(1): 58. 1978
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia echios var. inermis E.Y.Dawson
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 34: 103. 1962
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia echios var. prolifera E.Y.Dawson
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 34: 104. 1962
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia echios var. zacana (J.T.Howell) E.F.Anderson & Walk.
Madroño 20: 256. 1970
Synonymy: 3
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Tree Prickly Pear

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Opuntia echios group

  • Opuntia echios J.T.Howell: (var. echios) it tends to be only shrubby. Distribution: Baltra, Daphne Major, Las Plazas, and neighboring Santa Cruz (Indefatigable) Islands.
  • Opuntia echios var. barringtonensis E.Y.Dawson: it is strongly arboreal, reaching 10 m or more in height. Distribution: Endemic to Santa Fe (Barrington) Island.
  • Opuntia echios var. gigantea (J.T.Howell) D.M.Porter: It is strongly arboreal and has long, pendent branches.
    Distribution: Near Academy Bay, Santa Cruz.
  • Opuntia echios var. inermis E.Y.Dawson: it is treelike up to 6 m tall. Distribution: Isabela (Albemarle) Island.
  • Opuntia echios var. zacana (J.T.Howell) E.F.Anderson & Walk.: is shrubby to nearly prostrate, never tree-like. Distribution: Endemic of Seymour Island.

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