Cylindropuntia
The Cylindropuntia genus are commonly known as chollas, cacti well endowed with spines that have a preternatual ability to latch onto nearly everything in sight. About 25 species are found in North America.
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Some chollas. |
Online References:
(Cylindropuntia) · 4/28/2018 · Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 20 cm) 
Species not yet identified 
(Cylindropuntia) · 4/28/2018 · Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 5 × 7″ (13 × 17 cm) Species not yet identified 
(Cylindropuntia) · 4/30/2018 · Kelbaker Road, Mojave National Preserve, California · ≈ 5 × 4½″ (12 × 12 cm) Species not yet identified 
Cholla (Cylindropuntia) · Cactus skeletons are very tough. · 2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California · ≈ 8 × 10″ (19 × 26 cm) 
(Cylindropuntia) · 4/30/2018 · Kelbaker Road, Mojave National Preserve, California · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 20 cm) Species not yet identified 
Cholla (Cylindropuntia) · 2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 20 cm) Species not yet identified 
(Cylindropuntia) · 4/30/2018 · Kelbaker Road, Mojave National Preserve, California Species not yet identified 
Cholla (Cylindropuntia) · 2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California · ≈ 5 × 4″ (13 × 10 cm) Species not yet identified 
(Cylindropuntia) · 4/28/2018 · Red Rock Canyon, Nevada Species not yet identified 
(Cylindropuntia) · 4/28/2018 · Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 20 cm) Species not yet identified 
(Cylindropuntia) · 4/28/2018 · Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 20 cm) Species not yet identified 
(Cylindropuntia) · 4/28/2018 · Red Rock Canyon, Nevada Species not yet identified 
Teddy bear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) · 2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California ID is uncertain 
Jumping cholla (Cylindropuntia fulgida) · 2/17/2007 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California ID is uncertain 
Chain-fruit cholla (Cylindropuntia fulgida var. fulgida) · 5/24/2009 · Saguaro National Park, Arizona 
Pencil cholla (Cylindropuntia tesajo) · 5/24/2009 · Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona · ≈ 2 × 2′ (69 × 67 cm) 
| Parents | Unknown | Genus is not in the current taxonomy |
| Genus | Cylindropuntia | from the Greek kylindros, “a cylinder,” plus genus Opuntia, this is now the new genus of the so-called ‘true chollas’ |
Cylindropuntia description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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