Consolea

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: Consolea
Species: C. falcata – C. microcarpa – C. macracantha – C. millspaughii – C. moniliformis – C. nashii – C. rubescens – C. spinosissima – C. testudinis-crus

Source(s) of checklist:
Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Consolea in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec. 30. Reference page.

Name

Consolea Lem., Rev. Hort. [Paris] 174. (1862)

Type species: Consolea spinosissima Lem., Rev. Hort. [Paris] 174. (1862)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Opuntia sect. Consolea (Lem.) L.D.Benson, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46(2): 80. (1974)

Note: There is little or no agreement for the species circumscription - see references, but the above follows that used by Majure et al. (2021) as the most current.

References

Primary references

Lemaire, C. 1862. Revue Horticole, 174.

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.
Majure, L.C., Barrios, D., Díaz, E., Zumwalde, B.A., Testo, W. & Negrón-Ortíz, V. 2021. Pleistocene aridification underlies the evolutionary history of the Caribbean endemic, insular, giant Consolea (Opuntioideae). American Journal of Botany 108(2): 200–215. DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1610 Reference page.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Consolea in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 03. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Consolea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 11. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Consolea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 11. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Consolea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Sept. 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Consolea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

مصرى: كونسوليا
فارسی: کاکتوس‌های کنسوله