Opuntia basilaris

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. Xerocarpeae
Species: Opuntia basilaris
Varietas: O. b. var. basilaris – O. b. var. brachyclada – O. b. var. heilii – O. b. var. longiareolata – O. b. var. treleasei

Name

Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow (1856)

Synonyms

Opuntia basilaris var. albiflora Walton in Cact. J. (London) 2: 163. 1899 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia basilaris var. cordata Fobe in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 16: 46. 1906 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia treleasei var. kernii Griffiths & Hare in Bull. New Mexico Agric. Exp. Sta. 60: 81. 1906 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia humistrata Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43(2): 83–84. 1916 syn. sec. Tropicos
Opuntia basilaris var. humistrata (Griffiths) W.T.Marshall in Marshall & Bock, Cactaceae: 65. 1941 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Opuntia brachyclada subsp. humistrata (Griffiths) Wiggins & C.B.Wolf, Ill. Fl. Pacific States 3: 148. 1951 syn. sec. Tropicos
- Opuntia intricata Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 10. 1916 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia whitneyana E.M.Baxter, Calif. Cactus: 37. 1935 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
Opuntia basilaris var. whitneyana (E.M.Baxter) W.T.Marshall & T.M.Bock, Cactaceae: 65. 1941 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Opuntia basilaris subsp. whitneyana (E.M.Baxter) Munz, Aliso 4: 94. 1958 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia whitneyana var. albiflora E.M.Baxter, Calif. Cactus: 39. 1935 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Opuntia basilaris var. albiflora (E.M.Baxter) W.T.Marshall & T.M.Bock, Cactaceae: 65. 1941, nom. illeg., syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA Arizona, California Regional: Southern Central USA Nevada, Utah Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest Introduced into: Canary Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Engelmann, G. & Bigelow, J.M. 1856: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 298, (preprint p. 51).

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 basilaris 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 basilaris 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 basilaris. Published online. Accessed: Jan 04 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia basilaris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Jan 2022.
eFloras 2008. Opuntia basilaris in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opuntia basilaris in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 Jan 04.

Vernacular names

English: Beavertail pricklypear, Beavertail Cactus
español: Nopal del castor
magyar: Hódfarkú fügekaktusz
lietuvių: Padrikoji opuncija
svenska: Bäversvansopuntia