Pterocactus tuberosus

Pterocactus tuberosus

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: Tephrocacteae
Genus: Pterocactus
Species: Pterocactus tuberosus

Name

Pterocactus tuberosus (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 32 (1919).

Synonyms

• Opuntia tuberosa Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 146. 1837 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Opuntia tuberosa var. spinosa Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 146. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Pterocactus kuntzei K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 7: 6. 1897 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
• Opuntia kuntzei (K.Schum.) Kiessling, Tephrocactus u. and. Feigenkakt.: 156. 2000 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Pterocactus decipiens Gürke in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 147. 1907 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Opuntia skottsbergii Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 96–97, f. 114. 1919 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
• Pterocactus skottsbergii (Britton & Rose) Backeb. in Desert Pl. Life 22: 17. 1950 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Pterocactus kuntzei f. lelongii Ruiz Leal ex R.Kiesling in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 44: 56. 1982 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Pterocactus tuberosus f. lelongii (Ruiz Leal ex R.Kiesling) R.Kiesling in Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74: 1246. 1999 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Pterocactus kurtzei K.Schum., Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1: 259. 1897 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019) [non Pterocactus kuntzei K.Schum. 1897]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1919. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 1. 236 pp. + 38 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. 
• LLIFLE - Encyclopedia of living forms 2013-2016. Pterocactus tuberosus in LLIFLE. Published on internet. Accessed: 2016 Jan 19.

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. 2021. Pterocactus tuberosus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 19. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pterocactus tuberosus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pterocactus tuberosus. Published online. Accessed: Jan 19 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pterocactus tuberosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Jan 2022.
• The Plant List 2013. Version 1.1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Jan 19.

Vernacular names

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