Cylindropuntia californica

Cylindropuntia californica

Cylindropuntia californica

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: Cylindropuntieae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
Species: Cylindropuntia californica
Subspecies: C. c. subsp. californica – C. c. subsp. rosarica

Name

• Cylindropuntia californica (Torr. & A.Gray) F.M.Knuth in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC. 125. 1935.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cereus californicus Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1(4): 555. 1840.

• Homotypic
  • Grusonia californica (Torr. & A.Gray) G.D.Rowley, Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 43. 2006.
  • Opuntia californica (Torr. & A.Gray) Coville, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 13: 119. 1899, nom. illeg. non Engelm. (1848).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA California Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Knuth, F.M. in Backeberg, C. & Knuth, F.M. (1935) Kaktus-ABC 125.

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. 2021. Cylindropuntia californica in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 31. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cylindropuntia californica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cylindropuntia californica. Published online. Accessed: Dec 31 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cylindropuntia californica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Dec 2021.
• eFloras 2008. Cylindropuntia californica in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Vernacular names

English: California cholla, snake cholla, cane cholla

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