Grusonia parishiorum

Grusonia parishiorum is a species of cactus known by the common names matted cholla and Parish club cholla. It is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of California and Arizona.

Grusonia parishiorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Grusonia
Species:
G. parishiorum
Binomial name
Grusonia parishiorum
(Orcutt ex Britton & Rose) Pinkava
Synonyms
List
  • Opuntia parishii Orcutt, 1896.[1]
  • Grusonia parishii (Orcutt) Pinkava 1999[2]
  • Corynopuntia parishii (Orcutt) F. M. Knuth, 1935.[3]
  • Corynopuntia parishiorum (Orcutt) F.M.Knuth in C.Backeberg & F.M.Knuth, 1936
  • Corynopuntia stanlyi var. parishii (Orcutt) Backeb. 1958[4]
  • Opuntia parishiorum Orcutt ex Britton & Rose, 1919
  • Grusonia stanlyi (Engelm. ex B.D. Jacks.) H. Rob., 1973.[5]
  • Opuntia stanlyi Engelm. ex B.D. Jackson, 1848.[6]
  • Opuntia stanlyi var. parishiorum (Orcutt ex Britton & Rose) L.D.Benson in Cacti Ariz.,1950
  • Opuntia stanlyi Engelmann var. parishii ((Orcutt) L. D. Benson, 1950.[7]

Description

Grusonia parishiorum grows in spreading mats along the sandy ground no more than about 20 centimeters tall. The segments are up to 9 centimeters long by 3 wide and is surfaced in fleshy tubercles bearing many spines each up to 5 centimeters in length. The flower is yellowish and the fruit is yellow and up to 8 centimeters long.

References
  1. Orcutt, W. Amer. Sci. 10: 81. 1896.
  2. Pinkava, J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 32: 50. 1999.
  3. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC 115. 1935.
  4. Backeberg, Die Cactaceae 1: 361. 1958.
  5. Rob., Phytologia 26(3): 176. 1973.
  6. Jackson, Notes of a Military Reconnoissance 157, f. 9. 1848.
  7. Benson, Cacti of Arizona (ed. 2) 39. 1950.


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