Inventory of the flora of Big Bend National Park Brewster County ...

[Brewster Co.: near Solis Ranch house, BBNP, Anthony 276, 29 Apr 1948, Anthony
280 (Type), 27 Jun 1954, Anthony 12; near Mariscal Mtn. (Powell, 1998)]
Opuntia kleiniae DC. Candle Cholla; Klein Cholla
[Benson, 1969; Weedin, Powell & Kolle, 1989; Evans, 1998; Powell, 1998]
[Brewster Co.: Solis Ranch house near the Rio Grande, BBNP, 28 Apr 1948, Anthony
275; Costolon, BBNP, 19 Apr 1948, Whitehouse 19687; near Costolon, BBNP, n=24,
Weedin 1256 (SRSC)]
Opuntia leptocaulis DC. Pencil Cholla; Tesajo
[Sperry, 1938; Wells, 1965; Benson, 1969; Evans, 1998]
[Brewster Co.: Paint Gap Hills, BBNP, Warnock 12918; Dead Horse Mts. (Wells,
1965)]
Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. Purple Pricklypear
[Sperry, 1938; Wells, 1965; Evans, 1998]
[Brewster Co.: Sue Peak (Wells, 1965); desert surrounding Chisos Mts. (Sperry,
1938)]
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. var. macrorhiza Plains Pricklypear
[Benson, 1969; Evans, 1998]
[Brewster Co.: Hot Springs, 12 Apr 1941, Sperry 1910; Chisos Mts., Nov 1963,
Weniger 414; road mile 11 on R Maxwell Scenic Drive, BBNP, 05 Apr 1995,
29 DEG 11’N, 103 DEG 22.5’W, 1066 m, Hodgson 9023 (UTEP, DES)]
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm. Brownspine Pricklypear
[Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm. var. major Engelm.]
[Benson 1969; Weedin, Powell & Kolle, 1989]
[Brewster Co.: 25 mi. S of Government Springs, 13 Apr 1948, Whitehouse 19582;
Santa Elena Canyon, Anthony 1209; Willow Springs Site, BBNP, 29 DEG 18.560’
N, 103 DEG 02.119’W, 990 m, 05 Apr 1995, Hodgson 8952, 8968 (UTEP, DES);
W of Johnson ranch house, BBNP, 2n=66, Weedin 430 (SRSC)]
Opuntia rufida Engelm. Blind Pricklypear
[Sperry, 1938; Wells, 1965; Benson, 1969; Weedin, Powell & Kolle, 1989; Evans, 1998]
[Brewster Co.: Boquillas Canyon Lookout, 11 Apr 1965, Benson 16506; Boquillas,
1901, Bailey s.n., 11 Apr 1948, Anthony 273; 17 mi. SE Panther Junction, road to
Boquillas Canyon, Anderson 936, Travers 2272, 2273; E side of Chisos Mts., 20 Jun
1952, Blakley B-1427; Hot Springs, BBNP, 18 Apr 1947, Anthony 39a, 39b, 39c, 39d,
39e (39c is type of var. tortiflora); Chilicotal Mt., BBNP, 03 Apr 1947, Anthony 16, 17;
Dagger Flat, Anthony 898-899; Dead Horse Mts. (Wells, 1965); River Road, Black Dike
At Smoky Creek, BBNP, n=11, Weedin 434 (SRSC)]
Opuntia santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) Rose
[Opuntia violacea Engelm. var. santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) Benson]
[Benson, 1969]
[Brewster Co.: Glenn Springs, 13 Apr 1941, Sperry 1911; Santa Elena Canyon, 16 Jul
1955, Benson & Benson 15504; Costolon, 1937, Cutler 763; 25 mi. S of Government
Springs, 13 Apr 1948, Whitehouse 19582; Costolon to Santa Elena Canyon, 29 Jun
1954, Anthony 11]
Opuntia schottii Engelm. Scott Club Cholla
[Benson, 1969; Weedin & Kolle, 1989; Ralston & Hilsenbeck, 1989; Weedin, Powell
& Kolle, 1989; Evans, 1998]
[Brewster Co.: Tornillo Creek near Chisos Mts., 22 May 1928, Palmer 43961;
jct. Old Ore Rd. and Ernst Tinaja Rd., BBNP, Kolle & Weedin 53 (SRSC); Boquillas
Canyon, 2n=22, Weedin 1152 (SRSC); jct. Old Ore Road and Ernst Tinaja Road, 2n=22,
Kolle 53 (SRSC)]
Opuntia spinosibacca Anthony Spinyfruited Prickly Pear
[Powell, 1998]
[Brewster Co.: between Mariscal Mtn. And Boquillas Canyon (Powell, 1998)]
Peniocereus greggii (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose Nightblooming Cereus
[Cereus greggii Engelm.]
[Sperry, 1938, as Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britt. & Rose (?); Benson, 1969]