taxonID	type	format	identifier	references	title	description	created	creator	contributor	publisher	audience	source	license	rightsHolder	datasetID
4E590906FFC7FFE9FFC6FA18E15DD570.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/16906661/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16906661	FIG. 1. Opuntia bentonii. Holotype voucher,obovate cladode.Some glochids visible within areoles.Deposited at the United States National Herbarium recordNo.2607635(nowbarcoded00115793).CollectedbyHarmonBurtonfroma cultivatedplantin1906.RecoveredfromtheSmithsonianLearningLab.	FIG. 1. Opuntia bentonii. Holotype voucher,obovate cladode.Some glochids visible within areoles.Deposited at the United States National Herbarium recordNo.2607635(nowbarcoded00115793).CollectedbyHarmonBurtonfroma cultivatedplantin1906.RecoveredfromtheSmithsonianLearningLab.	2025-03-10	Shaw, Joseph;Ferguson, David J.		Zenodo	biologists	Shaw, Joseph;Ferguson, David J.			
4E590906FFC7FFE9FFC6FA18E15DD570.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/16906663/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16906663	FIG. 2. Opuntia bentonii. (A) Juvenile plants send out low branches that send cladodes up and out.Yellowish glochids in adaxial crescent on juvenile subcircular cladode. (Matagorda,Texas). (B) Mature plant in flower, typical shape (Bolivar Peninsula, Texas). (C) Mature plant with juvenile plant in foreground growing with dune grasses (Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge). (D) Mature plant with damage to the center.Decay of the central cladodes was described by Griffiths (1911), water in the background (Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge).Photographic credits:Daniel Marteeny: A;Joseph Shaw:B,C,D.	FIG. 2. Opuntia bentonii. (A) Juvenile plants send out low branches that send cladodes up and out.Yellowish glochids in adaxial crescent on juvenile subcircular cladode. (Matagorda,Texas). (B) Mature plant in flower, typical shape (Bolivar Peninsula, Texas). (C) Mature plant with juvenile plant in foreground growing with dune grasses (Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge). (D) Mature plant with damage to the center.Decay of the central cladodes was described by Griffiths (1911), water in the background (Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge).Photographic credits:Daniel Marteeny: A;Joseph Shaw:B,C,D.	2025-03-10	Shaw, Joseph;Ferguson, David J.		Zenodo	biologists	Shaw, Joseph;Ferguson, David J.			
4E590906FFC7FFE9FFC6FA18E15DD570.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/16906665/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16906665	FIG. 3. Opuntia bentonii. (A) Broadly obovate cladode with zero to three spines on the surface areoles and irregularly present on the sides.Vasculature visibly raisedbetween areoles.Pointed flower buds (Bolivar Peninsula,Texas).(B) Cladode with variablespination and widely spaced areoles (Bolivar Peninsula,Texas).(C) Oval cladode (Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge,Texas).(D) Cladode with apparent fungal lesions 2–3 mm that coalesced to covermuchof thesurface.Three abortedgreenorreddish fruitsthatwerefull-length.They appeareddifferentfromtheabortedfruits onplantsatTexas Point NationalWildlifeRefuge,which wereyellow andsmaller(Seadrift,Texas).SeeFig.6.Photographic credits:Joseph Shaw:A,B,C;Angela Huang:D.	FIG. 3. Opuntia bentonii. (A) Broadly obovate cladode with zero to three spines on the surface areoles and irregularly present on the sides.Vasculature visibly raisedbetween areoles.Pointed flower buds (Bolivar Peninsula,Texas).(B) Cladode with variablespination and widely spaced areoles (Bolivar Peninsula,Texas).(C) Oval cladode (Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge,Texas).(D) Cladode with apparent fungal lesions 2–3 mm that coalesced to covermuchof thesurface.Three abortedgreenorreddish fruitsthatwerefull-length.They appeareddifferentfromtheabortedfruits onplantsatTexas Point NationalWildlifeRefuge,which wereyellow andsmaller(Seadrift,Texas).SeeFig.6.Photographic credits:Joseph Shaw:A,B,C;Angela Huang:D.	2025-03-10	Shaw, Joseph;Ferguson, David J.		Zenodo	biologists	Shaw, Joseph;Ferguson, David J.			
4E590906FFC7FFE9FFC6FA18E15DD570.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/16906668/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16906668	FIG. 4.Opuntia bentonii.(A) Flower,yellow stigma,pointed flower buds with greensepals and petaloidtepals.(B) Fruit,egg-shaped or shortpyriform. Umbiliciflattish intime.(Funk &Tuccinardi 1988;GGNplateNo.1549).(C)Seed roundishbut modestlyreniform,flat,thick margin to1mm(Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Botany Collections).(D) Cladodes with newly ripe,egg-shaped or short pyriform fruit,pronounced umbilici.Photographic credits:Joseph Shaw:A,B,C,D.	FIG. 4.Opuntia bentonii.(A) Flower,yellow stigma,pointed flower buds with greensepals and petaloidtepals.(B) Fruit,egg-shaped or shortpyriform. Umbiliciflattish intime.(Funk &Tuccinardi 1988;GGNplateNo.1549).(C)Seed roundishbut modestlyreniform,flat,thick margin to1mm(Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Botany Collections).(D) Cladodes with newly ripe,egg-shaped or short pyriform fruit,pronounced umbilici.Photographic credits:Joseph Shaw:A,B,C,D.	2025-03-10	Shaw, Joseph;Ferguson, David J.		Zenodo	biologists	Shaw, Joseph;Ferguson, David J.			
4E590906FFC7FFE9FFC6FA18E15DD570.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/16906670/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16906670	FIG.5.Cladodes.(A) Oval cladode of Opuntia bentonii (Bolivar Peninsula,Texas) (B) Obovate cladode of O.anahuacensis. Cladode strongly tapering to a neck (Galveston Island,Texas).Photographic credits:Joseph Shaw:A,B.	FIG.5.Cladodes.(A) Oval cladode of Opuntia bentonii (Bolivar Peninsula,Texas) (B) Obovate cladode of O.anahuacensis. Cladode strongly tapering to a neck (Galveston Island,Texas).Photographic credits:Joseph Shaw:A,B.	2025-03-10	Shaw, Joseph;Ferguson, David J.		Zenodo	biologists	Shaw, Joseph;Ferguson, David J.			
4E590906FFC7FFE9FFC6FA18E15DD570.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/16906672/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16906672	FIG.6.Opuntiabentonii(A) Matureplantwithapproximately50%aborted fruit.Gulf CoastWater inBackground (TexasPoint NationalWildlifeRefuge).(B). Close-up ofaborted fruits.Abortedfruitsyellow,narrowlyobovate,andsometimes modestlycurved.SeeFig.3.Photographiccredits:JosephShaw:A,B.	FIG.6.Opuntiabentonii(A) Matureplantwithapproximately50%aborted fruit.Gulf CoastWater inBackground (TexasPoint NationalWildlifeRefuge).(B). Close-up ofaborted fruits.Abortedfruitsyellow,narrowlyobovate,andsometimes modestlycurved.SeeFig.3.Photographiccredits:JosephShaw:A,B.	2025-03-10	Shaw, Joseph;Ferguson, David J.		Zenodo	biologists	Shaw, Joseph;Ferguson, David J.			
