Grusonia kunzei

Grusonia kunzei

Grusonia kunzei

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: Cylindropuntieae
Genus: Grusonia
Species: Grusonia kunzei

Name

Grusonia kunzei (Rose) Pinkava, 1999

Synonyms

• Opuntia kunzei Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50(4): 505–506. 1908 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
• Opuntia stanlyi var. kunzei (Rose) L.D.Benson in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 25: 248. 1944 syn. sec. ???
• Corynopuntia stanlyi var. kunzei (Rose) Backeb., Cactaceae 1: 360. 1958 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
• Corynopuntia kunzei (Rose) M.P.Griff. in Haseltonia 9: 91. 2003 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Opuntia stanlyi var. peeblesiana L.D.Benson, Cacti Ariz., ed. 3: 20, 64, f. 1.42. 1969 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Pinkava, D.J. 1999. J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 32(1): 50.

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. Grusonia kunzei in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 02. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Grusonia kunzei in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Grusonia kunzei. Published online. Accessed: Jan 02 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Grusonia kunzei. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

English: devil's cholla, Devil Cholla

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