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Cylindropuntia imbricata

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Family Cactaceae

Taxonomy: Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cereus imbricatus Haw. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth subsp. imbricata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth var. imbricata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cylindropuntia imbricata subsp. rosea (DC.) M.A.Baker (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cylindropuntia rosea (DC.) Backeb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Opuntia arborescens Engelm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Opuntia decipiens DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. var. imbricata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Opuntia rosea DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Opuntia cylindrica (Lam.) DC. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (21), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (9), NTH_2023 (2), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (14), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (5), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 74 records in 15 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 45.83 mm (25-75 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 37.5 mm (25-55 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 37.5 mm (25-55 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): green (3); yellow (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 85.33 mm (8-350 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (20-35 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): palmoid (1); shrub (5); tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): arborescent (1); erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (2.5-4.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2.67 m (1.5-3.5 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231521Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023914VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202369N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_202355S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NTH_202322D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_201411J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.