University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha Haworth
CACTACEAE
James Erdman
73
1959-06-23
23 June 1959
United States, Colorado, Montezuma, Mesa Verde National Park, Wetherill Mesa; ca. ½ mi N of Long House.
37.19429 -108.53506 +-1000m. WGS84
Plotted the point .5 mi due N of the GNIS point for Long House. BL; Georeferenced 6 April 2016
2164 meters
7100 ft, 2164 m
Under pinyon -juniper.
Flr
Opuntia erinacea Engelm. & Bigelow var. rufispina, det. Lyman Benson, 1968. / Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. rufispina, det. G. K. Arp, 1972. / Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. polyacantha, det. Bruce D. Parfitt, 1991. National Geographic Society-Nat. Park Service, Wetherill Mesa Archeolog. Project. Originally identified as Opuntia rhodantha Schumann.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)