Opuntia pubescens

Opuntia pubescens

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
Species:Opuntia pubescens

Name

Opuntia pubescens H.L.Wendl., Cat. Hort. Herrnh. (1835) validated by Opuntia pubescens H.L.Wendl. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 149. (1837)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cactus pubescens (H.L.Wendl. ex Pfeiff.) Lem., Cactées: 87. 1868
• Heterotypic
  • Cactus nanus Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 6: 68. 1823
    • Cereus nanus (Kunth) DC., Prodr. 3: 470. 1828
    • Platyopuntia nana (Kunth) F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 2: 495. 1980
  • Opuntia nana Vis., Fl. Dalmat. 3: 143. 1852
    • Opuntia vulgaris var. nana (Vis.) K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 715. 1898
    • Opuntia vulgaris f. nana (Vis.) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult.: 50. 1907
  • Opuntia leptarthra F.A.C.Weber in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 10: 393. 1904
  • Opuntia taylorii Britton & Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 520. 1908
  • Opuntia pascoensis Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 101–102, t. 17, f. 1. 1919
  • Opuntia pestifer Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 217, f. 281. 1919 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Opuntia dumetorum A.Berger, Kakteen: 58. 1929 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    • Corynopuntia dumetorum (A.Berger) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 116. 1936 ["1935"]
    • Platyopuntia dumetorum (A.Berger) F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 27. 1979
    • Grusonia dumetorum (A.Berger) E.F.Anderson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 71: 325. 1999
  • Opuntia hoffmannii Bravo in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Autón. México, Biol. 1: 89. 1930
  • Opuntia tayapayensis Cárdenas in Lilloa 23: 18. 1950
  • Platyopuntia infesta F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1258. 1981
    • Opuntia infesta (F.Ritter) Iliff in Cactaceae Consensus Init. 2: 8. 1997

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Regional: Central America Guatemala, Honduras Regional: Southern South America Paraguay Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wendland, H.L. 1837. Enumeratio Diagnostica Cactearum hucusque Cognitarum 149.

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 pubescens 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 pubescens 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 pubescens. Published online. Accessed: Jan 15 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia pubescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

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