Choclo (Cumulopuntia sphaerica)
Description
Cumulopuntia sphaerica is a species in the genus Cumulopuntia from the family of the cactus (Cactaceae). The specific epithet sphaerica means (lat. Sphaericus) globular '. Trivial names are "Choclo", "Corotilla", "Gatito", "Perrito" and "Puskaye". Cumulopuntia sphaerica forms brittle, downy creeping to semi-upright, moderately branched shrubs . The spherical, hardly or not humped shoot sections are 2.5 to 6 inches long. The 25 to 80 or more areoles are distributed over the shoot section. They have diameters of 3 to 6 millimeters, are prominent and close together. From most areoles spring from two to fifteen variable, strong, protruding, straight or occasionally curved, uneven, reddish thorns , which become brighter in old age. They are up to 4 inches long and sometimes reduced to a few, short bristles
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Cactaceae
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Genus: Cumulopuntia
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