Opuntia robusta
Opuntia robusta

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 robusta

Name

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

Synonyms

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Heterotypic
  • 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.

Distribution

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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

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

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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


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