Opuntia phaeacantha

Opuntia phaeacantha

Opuntia phaeacantha

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. Scheerianae
Species: Opuntia phaeacantha

Name

Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm., 1849

Synonyms

• Opuntia phaeacantha var. phaeacantha syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
  • Opuntia angustata Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 292. 1856 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
  • Opuntia camanchica Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293. 1856 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
• Opuntia phaeacantha subsp. camanchica (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Borg, Cacti, ed. 2: 96. 1951 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Opuntia phaeacantha var. camanchica (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41(3): 125. 1969 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Opuntia dulcis Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 291. 1856 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
• Opuntia lindheimeri var. dulcis (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 421. 1896 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Opuntia engelmannii var. dulcis (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. ex K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 725. 1898 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Opuntia engelmannii var. cyclodes Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 291. 1856 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Opuntia lindheimeri var. cyclodes (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 422. 1896 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Opuntia cyclodes (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13(9): 309. 1911 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia mojavensis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293. 1856 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
• Opuntia mohavensis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Pacif. Railr. Rep. Parke, Bot. 4(5): t. 9, f. 6-8. 1857 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
• Opuntia platyacantha f. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Schelle, Kakteen: 72. 1926 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Opuntia phaeacantha var. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Fosberg in Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 33: 103. 1934 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Opuntia phaeacantha subsp. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Guiggi in Cactology 3 (Suppl. II): 3. 2012 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia phaeacantha var. brunnea Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293. 1856 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
• Opuntia phaeacantha f. brunnea (Engelm.) Schelle, Kakteen: 72. 1926 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia phaeacantha var. major Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293. 1856 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
  • Opuntia phaeacantha var. nigricans Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293. 1856 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
  • Opuntia procumbens Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 292. 1856 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
  • Opuntia comanchica Urlandt in Neubert's Deutsch. Gart.-Mag. 40: 156. 1887 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia rubrifolia Engelm. ex J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 424. 1896 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia blakeana Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 402. 1909 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia canada Griffiths, Ill. Stud. Opuntia: 90–91, t. 6, lower f., t. 2, f. 6, t. 13, f. 2, 12. 1909 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Opuntia laevis var. canada (Griffiths) Peebles in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 9: 68. 1937 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia chihuahuensis Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12(7): 291–292. 1909 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
• Opuntia phaeacantha var. chihuahuensis (Rose) Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 19(2): 47. 1974 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Opuntia gilvescens Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard.: 87–88. 1909 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia toumeyi Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 402. 1909 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia wootonii Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 171. 1910 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Opuntia engelmannii var. wootonii (Griffiths) Fosberg in Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 30: 71. 1931 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Opuntia phaeacantha var. wootonii (Griffiths) L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41(3): 125. 1969 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Opuntia gregoriana Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 26. 1912 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia confusa Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 27: 28. 1914 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia eocarpa Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 11. 1916 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia recurvospina Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 12. 1916 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia superbospina Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29(3): 13. 1916 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
• Opuntia phaeacantha var. superbospina (Griffiths) L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46: 79. 1974 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia zuniensis Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43(2): 86–87. 1916 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Opuntia phaeacantha var. castorea S.L.Welsh & N.D.Atwood, Utah Fl., ed. 3: 75. 2003 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia mesacantha var. sphaerocarpa J.M.Coult. ex Wooton & Standl. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 446. 1915, nom. inval., syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA Arizona, California, Colorado Regional: Southern Central USA Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest, Mexico Northeast Introduced into: Austria, Canary Is., Czechoslovakia, Italy, North Caucasus, Spain, Transcaucasus References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Engelmann, G., 1849. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 4:52. 1849 (Pl. fendler.)

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 phaeacantha in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 15. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Opuntia phaeacantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia phaeacantha. Published online. Accessed: Jan 15 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia phaeacantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Jan 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Jan 15 in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Tulip prickly pear, brownspine pricklypear, desert prickly-pear
español: Nopal pardo
magyar: Coloradói fügekaktusz
lietuvių: Kalninė opuncija

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