Opuntia leucotricha

Opuntia leucotricha
Opuntia leucotricha

Taxonavigation edit

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. Leucotrichae
Species: Opuntia leucotricha

Name edit

Opuntia leucotricha DC., Mém. Mus. Par. 17: 119. 1828.

Synonyms edit

  • Opuntia leucacantha Link & Otto ex Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 362. 1834 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
  • Opuntia leucacantha Link & Otto ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 167. 1837 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
  • Consolea leucacantha (Link & Otto) Lem. in Rev. Hort. 34: 174. 1862 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia fulvispina Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 164. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia fulvispina var. laevior Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 164. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia lanigera Parm. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 157. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia leucantha Link & Otto ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 167. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia leucosticta H.L.Wendl. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 167. 1837 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
    • Opuntia subferox Schott ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 167. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia erythrocentron Lem. ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 492. 1846 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
    • Opuntia leucacantha var. subferox Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 497. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia rufescens Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 493. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia fulvispina var. badia Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 65. 1850 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia leucacantha var. laevior Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 47. 1850 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Nopalea angustifrons Lindb. in Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. 10: 123. 1871 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia leucotricha var. fulvispina F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt., Nachtr. 1: 157. 1903 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia durangensis Britton & Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50(4): 518. 1908 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    • Opuntia pyriformis Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12(7): 292, t. 26, f. 35. 1909 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    •  Opuntia zamudioi Scheinvar in Cact. Suc. Mex. 44(4): 88–93, f. 1–6. 1999 syn. sec. Hunt 2016

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest
    • Introduced into:
      • Canary Is., Free State, Galápagos, Italy, Portugal, Spain

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

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Vernacular names edit

English: arborescent prickly pear, Aaron's beard cactus, semaphore cactus
español: Duraznillo blanco, Nopal blanco, nopal colorado
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