Opuntia orbiculata

Opuntia orbiculata

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
Species Opuntia orbiculata

Name

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Opuntia orbiculata Salm-Dyck ex {á|Pfeiff.}}, 1837

Synonyms

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  • Opuntia crinifera Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 157. 1837 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
  • Opuntia crinifera var. lanigera Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 157. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia senilis Parm. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 157. 1837 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
  • Opuntia lanigera Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 65. 1845 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
  • Opuntia metternichii Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 46. 1845 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia pintadera Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 47. 1845 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southwestern USA
      • Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest

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

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