Cylindropuntia tunicata

Cylindropuntia tunicata

Cylindropuntia tunicata

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 tunicata

Name

Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) F.M.Knuth, 1935

Synonyms

• Cactus tunicatus Lehm. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16: 319. 1832 syn. sec. Hernández & al. 2014
• Opuntia tunicata (Lehm.) Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 170. 1837 syn. sec. Hernández & al. 2014
• Grusonia tunicata (Lehm.) G.D.Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 45. 2006 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cactus tunicatus Lehm., Index Seminum (HBG) 1827: 17. 1827, nom. nud., syn. sec. ???
  • Opuntia exuviata DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 118. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia exuviata var. angustior DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 118. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia exuviata var. spinosior DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 118. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia stapeliae DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 117. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia furiosa H.L.Wendl. in Cat. Hort. Herrenh. 1835 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia exuviata var. viridior Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 48. 1845 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia tunicata var. laevior Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 73. 1850 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
  • Opuntia puelchana A.Cast. in Physis (Buenos Aires) 9: 101. 1928 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Cylindropuntia tunicata var. aricensis F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 3: 890. 1980 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Cylindropuntia tunicata var. chilensis F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 3: 889. 1980 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Opuntia tunicata var. chilensis (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm., Cact. Fl. Silvestre Chile: 242. 1989 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest Regional: Southern Central USA Texas Introduced into: Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Canary Is., Chile North, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, New South Wales, Peru, Queensland, South Australia, Spain, Victoria, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Knuth, F.M. in C. Backeberg & F. M. Knuth, 1935. Kaktus-ABC 126.

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. Cylindropuntia tunicata in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 01. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cylindropuntia tunicata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cylindropuntia tunicata. Published online. Accessed: Jan 01 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cylindropuntia tunicata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Jan 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cylindropuntia tunicata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: sheathed cholla
español: abrojo, clavellina, coyonoxtle, tencholote
Runa Simi: Atuq waqachi

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