Opuntia microdasys

Opuntia microdasys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Opuntieae
Genus: Opuntia
Series: O. ser. Pubescentes
Species: Opuntia microdasys

Name

Opuntia microdasys (Lehm.) Pfeiff. (1837)

Hybrids

O. × andersonii – O. × carstenii

Synonyms

• Cactus microdasys Lehm., Index Sem. (Hamburg): 16. 1827 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
• Opuntia microdasys subsp. microdasys syn. sec. ???
  • Opuntia pulvinata DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 119. 1828 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
  • Opuntia microdasys var. minor Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 186. 1834 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Opuntia microdasys f. minor (Salm-Dyck) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult.: 47. 1907 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia microdasys var. laevior Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 241. 1850 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Opuntia macrocalyx Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 268–269, pl. 28. 1908 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Opuntia lubrica Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 169, t. 23. 1910 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Opuntia herrfeldtii Kupper in Monatsschr. Kakteenk.: 212. 1930 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Opuntia microdasys var. pallida Borg, Cacti, ed. 2: 83. 1951 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Opuntia microdasys var. albispina Fobe & Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 10. 1957 ["1956"] syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia microdasys subvar. albiflora Backeb., Cactaceae 6: 3623. 1962 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Algeria, Arizona, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, France, Free State, Greece, Italy, KwaZulu-Natal, New South Wales, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Portugal, Queensland, South Australia, Spain, Tunisia, Victoria, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pfeiffer, L.K.G. 1837: Enumeratio Diagnostica Cactearum hucusque Cognitarum< 154.

Additional references

• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Opuntia microdasys in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 14. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Opuntia microdasys in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia microdasys. Published online. Accessed: Jan 14 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia microdasys. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jan 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Jan 14 in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Bunny Ears Cactus, Bunny Cactus, Polka-dot Cactus, Rabbit Ears Cactus, Golden Opuntia
فارسی: تافتونی
suomi: Jänönopuntia
한국어: 금오모자
polski: Opuncja Drobnokolczasta
svenska: Guldopuntia

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