Opuntia hyptiacantha

Opuntia hyptiacantha

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. Streptacanthae
Species Opuntia hyptiacantha

Name

• Opuntia hyptiacantha F.A.C.Weber in Bois, Dict. Hortic. 2: 894. 1898.

Synonyms

• Opuntia chavena Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 264–265. 1908 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
• Opuntia nigrita Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 169–170, t. 24. 1910 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Opuntia cretochaeta Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 11. 1916 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Opuntia matudae Scheinvar in Phytologia 49: 324. 1981 syn. sec. Hunt 2016

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Weber, F.A.C. in Bois, D.G.J.M. 1898. Dict. Hortic. 2: 894.

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 hyptiacantha in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 06. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Opuntia hyptiacantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia hyptiacantha. Published online. Accessed: Jan 06 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia hyptiacantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Jan 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opuntia hyptiacantha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.]

Vernacular names

español: nopal cascarón
中文: 伏刺仙人掌

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