Opuntia bentonii Griffiths
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https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v19.i1.1388 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4E590906-FFC7-FFEE-FFC6-FE75E09AD23B |
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Felipe |
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Opuntia bentonii Griffiths |
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Opuntia bentonii Griffiths View in CoL is a little-known prickly pear cactus that grows in the aeolian foredunes and uncommonly in the back dunes along the Gulf Coast of Texas. Despite the unique features of O. bentonii , it has been essentially overlooked and, if noticed, incorrectly identified.This work provides a thorough photographic documentation and description of the species and briefly documents its ecology. Though it was described as a component of the pest-pear infestation of Australia, the literature from that time suggests that it may have been confused with O. anahuacensis Griffiths , O stricta (Haw.) Haw. ,or other Gulf of Mexico coastal species (from more easterly locations). Herein we present our observations of O. bentonii and the sympatric O. anahuacensis .
KEY WORDS: Opuntia bentonii View in CoL , Texas, Gulf of Mexico, aeolian dunes, foredunes, back dunes, prickly pear, pest-pear
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