PLANTS Profile for Consolea rubescens (sour pricklypear)

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PLANTS Profile

Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Lem.
sour pricklypear

Symbol:

CORU8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub
Tree

PR		N
VI		N

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Opuntia rubescens

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Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Lem.

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Synonyms:
Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Lem.

OPRU

Opuntia rubescens Salm-Dyck ex DC.

sour pricklypear

Distribution:
Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Lem.


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USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Lem.

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 3 species in Consolea

Classification:
Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Lem.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Consolea Lem.
Species	Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Lem. – sour pricklypear

Time Generated: 05/26/2013 03:41 AM CDT