Opuntia tomentosa

Opuntia tomentosa

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
Series: O. ser. Tomentosae
Species: Opuntia tomentosa

Name

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  • Opuntia tomentosa Salm-Dyck, Observ. Bot. Horto Dyck [3]: 8. 1822.

Synonyms

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  • Heterotypic
    • Cactus tomentosus Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 24. 1822.
    • Opuntia hernandezii DC., Mém. Mus. Par. 17: 69. t. 16. 1828.
    • Opuntia icterica Griffiths, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 138 1913.
    • Opuntia macdougaliana Rose, Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 516. 1908.
    • Opuntia oblongata J.C.Wendl. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 161. 1837.
    • Opuntia sarca Griffiths ex Scheinvar, Phytologia 49: 328, fig. 1981.
    • Opuntia tomentella A.Berger, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 147. 1912.
    • Opuntia tomentosa var. hernandezii (DC.) Bravo, Cact. Suc. Mex. 20(4): 96. 1975.
    • Opuntia tomentosa var. herrerae Scheinvar, Phytologia 49(4): 332, fig. 1981.
    • Opuntia velutina var. macdougaliana (Rose) Bravo, Cact. Suc. Mex. 17(4): 119. 1972.
    • Opuntia micrarthra Griffiths in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 130. 1913 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia rileyi J.G.Ortega, Apuntes Fl. Indig. Sinaloa, Fam. Cact. C.: 8. 1929 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    • Opuntia tomentosa var. rileyi (J.G.Ortega) Backeb., Cactaceae 1: 542. 1958 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia spraguei G.J.Ortega, Fl. Ind. Sinaloa: 6. 1929 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    • Opuntia tomentosa var. spraguei (J.G.Ortega) Backeb., Cactaceae 1: 542. 1958 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Nopalea sylvestre Thierry-Menonv., Voy. Guax. 2: 277. 1787, nom. nud., syn. sec. ???1
    • Nopal silvestre Thierry ex Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 929. 1885, nom. inval., syn. sec. Hunt 2016

Hybrids

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Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Guatemala, Honduras
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest
    • Introduced into:
      • Canary Is., Cape Provinces, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Spain

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

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Vernacular names

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