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| Collector | Madsen, J. E. |
| Number | 61008 |
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| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | CHIMBORAZO |
| County | |
| Locality | Huigra, km 0-1 upstream Río Chanchan. Seminatural, xerophytic scrub. |
| Coordinates | 2° 17' S 78° 58' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 1300 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 1300 |
| Start date | 1985/09/19 |
| End date | 1985/09/19 |
| Family | Cactaceae |
| Identification | Opuntia quitensis F. A. C. Weber |
| Determined by | J. Madsen, 1986 |
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| Field notes | Bush, more or less creeping, to 0.5 m high. Joints dark green, about 1 cm thick. Leaves 2.0-2.5 mm long, green with darker tips. Spines not widely spreading, brownish, getting grey with darker tips. Flowers up to 5 on a single joint. Pericarp 1.0-1.5 cm thick, 1.5-2.5 cm long. Perianth about 8 mm long. Outer tepals orange, yellowish toward midrib. Inner tepals orange. Style white. Stigma-lobes white, not well-developed. Filament orange, pale toward base. Anther white. |
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