View source for Nopalea ← Nopalea You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Nopalea |accepted_authority=Salm-Dyck |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Cact. Hort. Dyck. |place=1849, 63. 1850 |year=1850 }} |common_names=Nopal;nopal chamacuero |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae;Nopalea |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cactaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Nopalea]]</div></div> |etymology=Mexican Spanish nopal, name for pricklypear cactus and their edible stems |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 93, 95 |treatment_page=page 148 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>or shrubs, erect or branches sometimes pendent, branched, 1–6(–10) m; trunk absent or elliptic in cross section, becoming ± terete with age, originating from consecutive pads, main axis determinate and segmented. <b>Stem</b> segments flattened, narrowly linear to obovate or falcate, 6–30(–50) × 3–10(–15) cm, low to strongly tuberculate; areoles on both surfaces, commonly elevated, elliptic to subcircular, 3–6 × 2–5 mm; wool tan to white. <b>Spines</b> absent or 1–3(–12) per areole, stout to hairlike, with epidermis intact, not sheathed. <b>Glochids</b> scattered in areole to densely arranged in tuft at adaxial margin, yellow, brown, or red-brown. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, radially symmetric, 3–7(–10) cm; tepals erect; inner tepals closely appressed against numerous, slender filaments; filaments and style much exceeding perianth, pink to red or scarlet; fresh stigma lobes light green, aging pink; nectar chamber covered by extended proximal thickening of style. <b>Pollen</b> yellow to pink, 12-porate, with very fine punctae and spinulae, cohesive, sticky. <b>Fruits</b> red or sometimes aging purplish, cylindric or ellipsoid (circular in cross section), 15–50 × 20–40 mm, juicy, often tuberculate, spineless or spiny, with very deep umbilicus. <b>Seeds</b> grayish or tan to brownish, flattened, notched at hilum, 3–5.5 mm diam., smooth to lumpy, covered by bony funicular envelope, glabrous or slightly hairy; girdle protruding to 1.5 mm. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Escapes in Fla.;Mexico;Central America (Panama);West Indies;introduced and cultivated in subtropical and tropical regions. |discussion=<p>Species 8 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Plants of Nopalea are pollinated by hummingbirds, and their winter flowering coincides with hummingbird migration. The stems and flowers are edible and used as forage. The plants are used medicinally as a tea to relieve kidney-stone pain and as a poultice on wounds. They are also used as hedges and living fences.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Nopalea |author=Donald J. Pinkava |authority=Salm-Dyck |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Cactaceae |distribution=Escapes in Fla.;Mexico;Central America (Panama);West Indies;introduced and cultivated in subtropical and tropical regions. |reference=None |publication title=Cact. Hort. Dyck. |publication year=1850 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_289.xml |subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae |genus=Nopalea }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Cactaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Nopalea.