Opuntia robusta

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 robusta

Opuntia robusta H.L.Wendl. ex Pfeiff., 1837.

Opuntia albicans Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck. 361. 1834.
Opuntia albicans var. laevior Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849). 67, 237. 1850, nom. inval.
Opuntia camuessa F.A.C.Weber ex Bois, Dict. Hort. 2: 895. 1898, nom. inval.
Opuntia flavicans Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 61. 1839.
Opuntia gorda Griffiths, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 134. 1913.
Opuntia robusta var. albicans Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult. 57. 1907.
Opuntia guerrana Griffiths Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 266. 1908.
Opuntia larreyi F.A.C.Weber Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 423. 1896.
Opuntia piccolominiana Parl. ex K. Schum. Gesamtb. Kakt. 741. 1898, nom. inval.
Opuntia prate Sabine ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 155. 1837.
Opuntia pruinosa Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. ed. 2. 67. 1850.
Opuntia robusta var. guerrana (Griffiths) Sánchez-Mej., Cact. Suc. Mex. 17: 119. 1972.
Opuntia robusta var. larreyi (F.A.C.Weber) Bravo, Cact. Suc. Mex. 17: 119. 1972.
Opuntia robusta var. longiglochidiata Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 10. 1956.
Opuntia robusta var. megacantha Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult. 57. 1907.
Opuntia robusta var. megalarthra (Rose) K.Hammer, Kulturpflanze 24: 262. 1976.
Opuntia robusta var. viridior Salm-Dyck, Hnadb. Cact. (Förster) 487. 1846, nom. inval.
Opuntia megalarthra Rose, Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 529. 1908.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest
- Introduced into:
  - Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Corse, France, Free State, Greece, Italy, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Sicilia, South Australia, Tunisia, Victoria, Western Australia

Pfeiffer 1837. Enumeratio Diagnostica Cactearum hucusque Cognitarum 165. (H.L.Wendland, Cat. hort. Herrnh. 1835, num. inval.)

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.
Anderson, E.F. 2001. The Cactus Family. (Timber Press) ISBN 0-88192-498-9.
Guzmán, U., Arias, S., and Dávila, P. (2003) Catálogo de Cactáceas Mexicanas. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Mexico.

Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Opuntia robusta in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 16. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Opuntia robusta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia robusta. Published online. Accessed: Jan 16 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia robusta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jan 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opuntia robusta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

English: Wheel Cactus
español: nopal camueso, bartolona, nopal tapón, tuna tapón
svenska: Praktopuntia

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