Opuntia bahamana Britton & Rose
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Cactaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Branched from a short trunk, bushy, about 1.5 m. high. Joints oblong to lanceolate, flat and thin, 1-5 dm. long, 4-10 cm. wide, dull green, obtuse, scarcely undulate; areoles 1.5-3 cm. apart, scarcely elevated, about 2 mm. in diameter, spineless, or bearing 1-4 acicular yellow spines 2 cm. long or less; glochides few and short; corolla about 6 cm. broad; petals obovate, rose-tinted below, yellowish-rose above; sepals dark rose, whitish-margined.
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Distribution
Rocky places, Cat Island at The Bight. Endemic. Tentatively referred to O. lanceolata Haw., in Smith. Misc. Coll. 50 : 525. Bahama Prickly-pear.
Cat Island Bahamas South America|