Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa

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Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Genus:	Cylindropuntia
Species:	C. acanthocarpa
Binomial name
*Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa* Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow
Synonyms
Opuntia acanthocarpa

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa, commonly referred to as buckhorn cholla, is a cholla native to the Mojave, Sonoran, and Colorado Deserts of North America. Along with Cylindropuntia bigelovii (the "teddy bear" cholla), it is the most common cholla found in these deserts.

Varieties

There are a number of recognized varieties include:

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. acanthocarpa ^[2]
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. coloradensis — L.D. Benson; Colorado buckhorn cholla.^[3]
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. ganderi — (C.B. Wolf) L.D. Benson
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. major — Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow ^[4]
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. ramosa — Peebles
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. thornberi — (Thornber & Bonker) L.D. Benson; Thornber's buckhorn cholla.^[5]

Ethnobotany

Early spring was called ko’oak macat (the painful moon) by the Tohono O’odham because of scarce food supplies. During this season, they turned to cacti for food and pit-roasted thousands of calcium-rich cholla flower buds.[1]
Today's O’odham people still pit-roast or boil the cholla buds, which taste like asparagus tips.

References

^ Pinkava, D.J.; Baker, M.; Puente, R. (2017) [amended version of 2013 assessment]. "Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T152855A121491804. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T152855A121491804.en. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
^ USDA: Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. acanthocarpa
^ Calflora: Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. coloradensis
^ Calflora: Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. major
^ USDA: Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. thornberi

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Taxon identifiers
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa	Wikidata: Q309958 Wikispecies: Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa Calflora: 9084 CoL: 6BT9B EoL: 479807 FNA: 242415166 GBIF: 7282888 GRIN: 451260 iNaturalist: 49354 IPNI: 73837-2 ITIS: 907736 IUCN: 152855 NCBI: 866975 Open Tree of Life: 782947 Plant List: kew-2750346 PLANTS: CYAC8 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73837-2 Species+: 41933 Tropicos: 5107734 WFO: wfo-0000632319
Opuntia acanthocarpa	Wikidata: Q14943529 CoL: 6SRYH GBIF: 5384137 GRIN: 451261 IPNI: 136304-1 IRMNG: 10203011 ITIS: 19688 NatureServe: 2.142688 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:311852-2 Species+: 26214 Tropicos: 5100051 WFO: wfo-0000386664

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