Opuntia tomentosa

Opuntia tomentosa

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
Series: O. ser. Tomentosae
Species: Opuntia tomentosa

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

• O. × elisae
  

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck, J. zu (1922) Observationes Botanicae in Horto Dyckensi. Coloniae [Köln] 3 : 8.

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. 
• Smith, G.F. & Figueiredo, E. (2012) South Africa’s ongoing Opuntia Mill. (Cactaceae) problem: the case of Opuntia tomentosa Salm-Dyck. Bradleya 30: 61–64 [1].

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Opuntia tomentosa 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 tomentosa 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 tomentosa. Published online. Accessed: Jan 16 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia tomentosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jan 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opuntia tomentosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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