Opuntia anacantha

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. Armatae
Species: Opuntia anacantha
Varietates: O. a. var. anacantha – O. a. var. kiska-loro – O. a. var. retrorsa – O. a. var. utkilio

Name

Opuntia anacantha Speg., Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 10: 391. 1904.

Note:

The name is not fully understood (Hunt 2004) and the view of Kiesling (1998) is followed here with its varietates (CACO, 2021). However, others treat this species as a synonym of either Opuntia elata var. elata or Opuntia stenarthra

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil South, Brazil West-Central
- Introduced into:
  - Cuba, Italy, Portugal, Sicilia, Spain

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Spegazzini, C.L. 1904. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 10: 391 [1].

Additional references

Anceschi, G. & Magli, A. 2015. Opuntia retrorsa Spegazzini 1905 in cactusinhabitat. Published on internet.
Hunt, D.R. & al. 2006. The New Cactus Lexicon. Milborne Port: DH Books.
Kiesling, R. 1998. Candollea 53: 475–476.
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 anacantha 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. 2022. Opuntia anacantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia anacantha. Published online. Accessed: Jan 03 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia anacantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

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