Opuntia microdasys

Opuntia microdasys

Taxonavigation

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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. Pubescentes
Species: Opuntia microdasys

Name

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Opuntia microdasys (Lehm.) Pfeiff. (1837)

Hybrids

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O. × andersonii – O. × carstenii

Synonyms

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  • Cactus microdasys Lehm., Index Sem. (Hamburg): 16. 1827 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
  • Opuntia microdasys subsp. microdasys syn. sec. ???
    • Opuntia pulvinata DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 119. 1828 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
    • Opuntia microdasys var. minor Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 186. 1834 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Opuntia microdasys f. minor (Salm-Dyck) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult.: 47. 1907 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia microdasys var. laevior Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 241. 1850 syn. sec. Tropicos
    • Opuntia macrocalyx Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 268–269, pl. 28. 1908 syn. sec. Tropicos
    • Opuntia lubrica Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 169, t. 23. 1910 syn. sec. Tropicos
    • Opuntia herrfeldtii Kupper in Monatsschr. Kakteenk.: 212. 1930 syn. sec. Tropicos
    • Opuntia microdasys var. pallida Borg, Cacti, ed. 2: 83. 1951 syn. sec. Tropicos
    • Opuntia microdasys var. albispina Fobe & Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 10. 1957 ["1956"] syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia microdasys subvar. albiflora Backeb., Cactaceae 6: 3623. 1962 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest
    • Introduced into:
      • Algeria, Arizona, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, France, Free State, Greece, Italy, KwaZulu-Natal, New South Wales, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Portugal, Queensland, South Australia, Spain, Tunisia, Victoria, Western Australia

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

References

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: Bunny Ears Cactus, Bunny Cactus, Polka-dot Cactus, Rabbit Ears Cactus, Golden Opuntia
فارسی: تافتونی
suomi: Jänönopuntia
한국어: 금오모자
polski: Opuncja Drobnokolczasta
svenska: Guldopuntia
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