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Collector Madsen, J. E.
Number 61148
Collected with  
Country Ecuador
Subpart AZUAY
County  
Locality Road Cuenca - Loja, at Río León (N of Oña). Xerophytic scrub.
Coordinates 3° 25' S 79° 9' W
Minimum elevation (m) 1800
Maximum elevation (m) 2000
Start date 1985/11/23
End date 1985/11/23
Family Cactaceae
Identification Opuntia ficus-indica (L.)Mill.
Determined by J. Madsen, 1986
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Bush, 1-2 m high. Spines white. Flower orange, limb widely spreading. Outer tepals 5-15 mm long, greenish at base and midrib, reddish at top. Inner tepals orange on inside, orange with reddish base on outside. Style pale, reddish at top. Stigma-lobes yellowish green. Filament reddish below, yellowish orange obove. Anther white. Nectarferious tissue yellow.

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