Opuntia pottsii

Opuntia pottsii

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 pottsii

Name

• Opuntia pottsii Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck, ed. 2, 236. 1849.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Opuntia macrorhiza subsp. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) U.Guzmán & Mandujano, Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18. 2003.
  • Opuntia macrorhiza var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D.Benson, Cacti Ariz. ed. 3. 20. 1969.

• Heterotypic
  • Opuntia ballii Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 309, pl. 64. 1911.
  • Opuntia delicata Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 310. 1911.
  • Opuntia filipendula Engelm., Syn. Cact. U. S. 38. 1856.
  • Opuntia rafinesquei var. montana Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts, prepr. 3: 40. 1856 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia pottsii var. montana (Engelm.) Bulot in Succulentes (France). 2002 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia plumbea Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 524. 1908 syn. sec. Majure 2021

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, Texas Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, New Mexico References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck, J. zu 1849: Cacteae in Horto Dyckensi Cultae. Anno 1849, ed. 2, 236.

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 pottsii 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 pottsii 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 pottsii. Published online. Accessed: Jan 15 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia pottsii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Jan 2022.
• eFloras 2008. Opuntia pottsii in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opuntia pottsii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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