Opuntia engelmannii
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Family Cactaceae
Taxonomy: Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Opuntia discata Griffiths (nomenclatural synonym)
- Opuntia lindheimeri Engelm. (taxonomic synonym)
- Opuntia lindheimeri Engelm. var. lindheimeri (taxonomic synonym)
- Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata (Griffiths) L.D.Benson & Walk. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (19), SAH_2022 (7), SAH_2023 (8), 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 19 traits from 45 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): 53.75 mm (35-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 32.5 mm (25-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 32.5 mm (25-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): purple (1); red (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 6 mm (3-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: ABRS_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 (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): palmoid (2); shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 4.25 mm (2.5-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): orbicular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2.48 m (0.5-4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 13 | 19 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| SAH_2023 | 5 | 8 | S. 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/. |
| SAH_2022 | 4 | 7 | S. 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_2022 | 4 | 4 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |