AAU Herbarium Database

New Search   Modify Search

Collector Madsen, J. E.
Number 61108
Collected with  
Country Ecuador
Subpart COTOPAXI
County  
Locality Vicinity of Salcedo, to the S. Xerophytic Dodonea-cacti scrub.
Coordinates 1° 3' S 78° 35' W
Minimum elevation (m) 2600
Maximum elevation (m) 2600
Start date 1985/11/05
End date 1985/11/05
Family Cactaceae
Identification Opuntia ficus-indica (L.)Mill.
Determined by J. Madsen, 1986
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Bush, 1.0-1.5 m high, broad. Leaves green with brownish tips. New spines white. Flower orange, tinged reddish when whitering. Pericarp covered with brownish areoles and a few spines, without leaves. Outer tepals orange, with green midrib and dark tips. Inner tepals orange. Style white, a little reddish apically, very thick at basis. Stigma-lobes about 6, about 5 mm long, green. Filament a little reddish, yellow apically. Anther yellow.

This record
Other records of Opuntia ficus-indica

The map displays only records from the Aarhus Herbarium Database.
The records may not represent the full distribution of Opuntia ficus-indica

New Search   Modify Search