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Cylindropuntia kleiniae

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Family Cactaceae

Taxonomy: Cylindropuntia kleiniae (DC.) F.M.Knuth

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Opuntia kleiniae DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth (misapplied)
  • Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M.Knuth (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (23), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 65 records in 8 datasets.

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

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 26.67 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 18.17 mm (10-34 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 15.5 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); green (1); orange (1); red (1); yellow (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); open (2); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.88 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (2); polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (0.5-2.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231623Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023915VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023913N. 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/.
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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.