Opuntia macrorhiza

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. Setispinae
Species: Opuntia macrorhiza

Name

Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm., 1850

Synonyms

Opuntia mesacantha var. macrorhiza (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 430. 1896 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
Opuntia compressa var. macrorhiza (Engelm.) L.D.Benson, Cacti Ariz., ed. 2: 50. 1950 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
Opuntia macrorhiza subsp. macrorhiza syn. sec. ???
Opuntia macrorhiza var. macrorhiza syn. sec. ???
- Cactus tuberculatus Willd., Enum. Pl., Suppl.: 34. 1814 syn. sec. ???
- Opuntia tuberculata Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 80. 1819 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia fuscoatra Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 297. 1856 syn. sec. Majure 2021
Opuntia compressa var. fuscoatra (Engelm.) D.Weniger, Cacti Southwest: 207. 1970 syn. sec. Majure 2021
- Opuntia grandiflora Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 295. 1856 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Opuntia macrorhiza var. grandiflora (Engelm.) Bulot in Succulentes (France). 2002 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Opuntia mesacantha var. grandiflora Engelm. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 429. 1896 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia rafinesquei var. fusiformis Engelm. in Pacif. Railr. Rep., Bot. 4(5): 43. 1856 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia rafinesquei var. grandiflora Engelm., Descr. Cact.: 55. 1856 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia stenochila Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 296. 1856 syn. sec. Tropicos
Opuntia mesacantha var. stenochila (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 430. 1896 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Opuntia compressa var. stenochila (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) D.Weniger, Cacti Southwest: 211. 1970 syn. sec. Tropicos
- Opuntia fusiformis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Pacif. Railr. Rep. Parke, Bot. 4(5): 43. 1857 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia sphaerocarpa Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Pacif. Railr. Rep. Parke, Bot. 4(5): 47. 1857 syn. sec. ???
- Opuntia mesacantha var. greenii J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 431. 1896 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Opuntia greenei (J.M.Coult.) Engelm. ex Britton & Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 523. 1908 syn. sec. Berendsohn 2020
Opuntia macrorhiza var. greenii (J.M.Coult.) Bulot in Succulentes (France). 2002 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia mesacantha var. oplocarpa J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 431. 1896 syn. sec. Majure 2021
Opuntia rafinesquei f. oplocarpa (J.M.Coult.) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult.: 50. 1907 syn. sec. Majure 2021
- Opuntia xanthoglochia Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 166. 1910 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia leptocarpa Mackensen in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 141. 1911 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia roseana Mackensen in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 142. 1911 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia seguina C.Z.Nelson in Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci. 12: 120. 1919 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia loomisii Peebles in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 9: 109. 1938 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, New Mexico, Texas Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, 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., 1850. Boston Journal of Natural History. Boston, MA 6:206.

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 macrorhiza in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 14. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Opuntia macrorhiza in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia macrorhiza. Published online. Accessed: Jan 14 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia macrorhiza. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jan 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opuntia macrorhiza in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: twistspine pricklypear, Grassland Pricklypear, Plains Twistspine Pricklypear, Twistspine Pricklypear
español: Nopal Raizudo