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Opuntia brasiliensis, Haw. A large, tree-like plant reaching a height of 15-18 ft., numerously branched, with a thick, roundish crown and an upright trunk, 4-6 in. diam., and bearing numerous spines 1 in. or less in length: joints of two kinds, cylindrical, unarticulate, elongate ones and others which are shorter and much flattened and which arise as offshoots from the former; the latter lf.-like, thin; 2-6 in. long, oblong, rarely oblong-lanceolate or orbicular, dark green, margin angular, sometimes irregular: areoles with short gray wool and numerous brown bristles; spines usually 1, sometimes 1-3 small additional ones, 1-2½ in. long, mostly from the marginal areoles, white, with brownish tips: fls. numerous, citron-yellow, 2 in. wide: fr. globose or ellipsoidal, yellow, about 1½ in. diam/ Brazil and southward.—One of the species most frequent in cult.
 
Opuntia brasiliensis, Haw. A large, tree-like plant reaching a height of 15-18 ft., numerously branched, with a thick, roundish crown and an upright trunk, 4-6 in. diam., and bearing numerous spines 1 in. or less in length: joints of two kinds, cylindrical, unarticulate, elongate ones and others which are shorter and much flattened and which arise as offshoots from the former; the latter lf.-like, thin; 2-6 in. long, oblong, rarely oblong-lanceolate or orbicular, dark green, margin angular, sometimes irregular: areoles with short gray wool and numerous brown bristles; spines usually 1, sometimes 1-3 small additional ones, 1-2½ in. long, mostly from the marginal areoles, white, with brownish tips: fls. numerous, citron-yellow, 2 in. wide: fr. globose or ellipsoidal, yellow, about 1½ in. diam/ Brazil and southward.—One of the species most frequent in cult.
 
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Varieties==
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Synonyms:<br>
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''Brasiliopuntia argentina'' <small>([[August Grisebach|Griseb.]]) [[Alwin Berger|A.Berger]]</small><br/>''Brasiliopuntia bahiensis'' <small>([[Nathaniel Lord Britton|Britton]] & [[Joseph Nelson Rose|Rose]]) [[A.Berger.]]</small><br/>''Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis ssp. subacarpa'' <small>?</small><br/>''Brasiliopuntia neoargentina'' <small>[[Curt Backeberg|Backeb.]]</small><br/>''Brasiliopuntia schulzii'' <small>([[A.Cast.]] & [[Michel G. Lelong|Lelong]]) [[Curt Backeberg|Backeb.]]</small><br/>''Brasiliopuntia subacarpa'' <small>[[Carlos Toledo Rizzini|Rizzini]] & [[A.Mattos]]</small><br/>''Cactus brasiliensis'' <small>[[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]]</small><br/>''Opuntia argentina'' <small>[[August Grisebach|Griseb.]]</small><br/>''Opuntia bahiensis'' <small>[[Nathaniel Lord Britton|Britton]] & [[Joseph Nelson Rose|Rose]]</small><br/>''Opuntia brasiliensis'' <small>([[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]]) [[Adrian Hardy Haworth|Haw.]]</small><br/>''Opuntia neoargentina'' <small>([[Curt Backeberg|Backeb.]]) [[G.D.Rowley]]</small><br/>''Opuntia schulzii'' <small>[[A.Cast.]] & [[Michel G. Lelong|Lelong]]</small>
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==Gallery==
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Image:OpuntiaBrasiliensisTop.jpg|Top of Opuntia brasiliensis
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Image:OpuntiaBrasiliensisTrunk.jpg|The trunk
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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Image:Upload.png| photo 2
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Image:Upload.png| photo 3
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 21:22, 23 February 2010


Opuntia brasiliensis2.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   cacti-succulent

Origin: ✈ S America
Cultivation
Scientific Names

Cactaceae >

Brasiliopuntia >

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Read about Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Opuntia brasiliensis, Haw. A large, tree-like plant reaching a height of 15-18 ft., numerously branched, with a thick, roundish crown and an upright trunk, 4-6 in. diam., and bearing numerous spines 1 in. or less in length: joints of two kinds, cylindrical, unarticulate, elongate ones and others which are shorter and much flattened and which arise as offshoots from the former; the latter lf.-like, thin; 2-6 in. long, oblong, rarely oblong-lanceolate or orbicular, dark green, margin angular, sometimes irregular: areoles with short gray wool and numerous brown bristles; spines usually 1, sometimes 1-3 small additional ones, 1-2½ in. long, mostly from the marginal areoles, white, with brownish tips: fls. numerous, citron-yellow, 2 in. wide: fr. globose or ellipsoidal, yellow, about 1½ in. diam/ Brazil and southward.—One of the species most frequent in cult.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Synonyms:
Brasiliopuntia argentina (Griseb.) A.Berger
Brasiliopuntia bahiensis (Britton & Rose) A.Berger.
Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis ssp. subacarpa ?
Brasiliopuntia neoargentina Backeb.
Brasiliopuntia schulzii (A.Cast. & Lelong) Backeb.
Brasiliopuntia subacarpa Rizzini & A.Mattos
Cactus brasiliensis Willd.
Opuntia argentina Griseb.
Opuntia bahiensis Britton & Rose
Opuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) Haw.
Opuntia neoargentina (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia schulzii A.Cast. & Lelong

Gallery

  • Top of Opuntia brasiliensis

  • The trunk

  • photo 1

  • photo 2

  • photo 3

References

External links


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