Opuntia cactus - Opuntia

Japanese: ウチワサボテン属 - うちわさぼてんぞく
Opuntia cactus - Opuntia

…In the early stages of growth, they have small fleshy leaves and, in addition to the usual thorns, glochids that fall off when touched. The representative cactus genus Cactus contains 400 species and is distributed in the high mountains of Canada and the Andes. In the Nopalea genus, the perianth is shorter than the stamens. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Opuntia genus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生長の初期には小さな肉質の葉があり,通常のとげ以外にさわると抜ける芒刺(ぼうし)glochidをもつ。代表的なウチワサボテン属Cactusは400種を含み,カナダやアンデスの高山にも分布する。ノパレア属Nopaleaは花被がおしべより短い。…

※「ウチワサボテン属」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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