Opuntia dejecta

Opuntia dejecta

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. Nopalea
Species Opuntia dejecta

Name

Opuntia dejecta Salm-Dyck (1834)

Synonyms

• Nopalea dejecta (Salm-Dyck) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 64. 1850 syn. sec. Salm-Dyck 1834
  • Opuntia diffusa Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 159. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia horizontalis Gillies ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 145. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba Regional: Central America El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Algeria, Queensland, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, Tunisia, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck, J. zu 1834: Hortus Dyckensis ou Catalogue des Plantes ... 361.

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 dejecta in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 04. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Opuntia dejecta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia dejecta. Published online. Accessed: Jan 04 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia dejecta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Jan 2022.
• The Plant List 2013. Version 1.1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Sep 08. , as Nopalea dejecta
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opuntia dejecta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: spiny nopal
español: Nopal chamacuero

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