Opuntia quimilo K.Schum.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Cordillera Prov.

• Locality

  8 km by road ENE of Comunidad Salinas

• Elevation

  Alt. 830 m. (2723 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -20.2, -63.4

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
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Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Cordillera, 8 km by road ENE of
Comunidad Salinas. Grazed chaco scrub in bottom of valley
and gentle slopes, downstream continuation of Cañón del
Zapallar, the stream bed now completely dry. Prosopis alba,
Caesalpinia paraguariensis, Cestrum parqui, Achatocarpus
praecox, Capparis retusa, C. speciosa, Opuntia spp.
20° 12’Ss, 63°24’W. alt. 830 m.
Rare and scattered in area. Shrub 2.5 m. tall, the single
woody trunk 15 cm. in diameter, soon branched. Pads held
horizontally on the long axis, vertically in the second.
Flowers apparently yellow (none open). Young fruit held
erect.
Coll.: M. Nee 51189	5 Nov. 2000
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