Opuntia triacantha

Opuntia triacantha

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. Curassavicae
Species Opuntia triacantha

Name

• Opuntia triacantha (Willd.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. 172. (1826)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cactus triacanthos Willd., Enum. Pl., Suppl. 34. (1814)
• Heterotypic
  • Opuntia turbinata Small, Man. S.E. Fl.: 910. (1933)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sweet, R. 1826. Hortus Britannicus: or a catalogue of plants cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, arranged in natural orders. 492 pp. in 2 parts, London: J. Ridgway. Part I (pp. 1–240) Part II (pp. 241–492) Reference page. : 1: 172. BHL

Additional references

• Majure L.C., Soltis D.E., Soltis P.S. & Judd W.S. 2014. A case of mistaken identity, Opuntia abjecta, long-lost in synonymy under the Caribbean species, O. triacantha, and a reassessment of the enigmatic O. cubensis. Brittonia 66: 118–130. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-013-9307-z Reference page. 
• 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. 2021. Opuntia triacantha in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Opuntia triacantha. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 30 2021.
• eFloras 2008. Opuntia triacantha in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Wunderlin, R.P. & Hansen, B.F. 2008. Opuntia triacantha in Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Apr 23.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Opuntia triacantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 May 2015.

Vernacular names

English: Spanish lady

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