Tephrocactus alexanderi

Tephrocactus alexanderi
Tephrocactus alexanderi

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: Tephrocacteae
Genus: Tephrocactus
Species: Tephrocactus alexanderi

Name

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Tephrocactus alexanderi (Britton & Rose) Backeb., Cactus (Paris) no. 38: 250 (1953).

Synonyms

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  • Opuntia alexanderi Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 256. 1923 syn. sec. Backeberg 1953
    • Opuntia bruchii Speg. in Physis (Buenos Aires) 8: 239. 1925 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Tephrocactus bruchii Speg. in Revista Argent. Bot. 1: 202. 1926 syn. sec. ???
  • Tephrocactus bruchii (Speg.) Backeb. in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1939(2): 18. 1939 syn. sec. ???
  • Tephrocactus alexanderi var. bruchii (Speg.) Backeb. in Cactus (Paris) 38: 250. 1953 syn. sec. ???
  • Opuntia alexanderi var. bruchii (Speg.) G.D.Rowley in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5. 1958 syn. sec. ???
    • Opuntia bruchii f. brachyacantha Speg. in Revista Argent. Bot. 1: 202. 1926 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Tephrocactus bruchii f. brachyacanthus Speg. in Revista Argent. Bot. 1: 202. 1926 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Tephrocactus alexanderi subvar. brachyacanthus (Speg.) Backeb., Cactaceae 1: 294. 1958 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia bruchii f. macracantha Speg. in Revista Argent. Bot. 1: 202. 1926 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Tephrocactus alexanderi subvar. macranthus (Speg.) Backeb., Cactaceae 1: 293. 1958 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Tephrocactus bruchii subvar. macracantha (Speg.) Backeb., Cactaceae 1: 293. 1958 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia riojana Hosseus ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 113, 429. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. IPNI
  • Tephrocactus riojanus (Hosseus) Backeb., Kaktus-ABC: 113. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Tephrocactus flexuosus Backeb., Kaktus-ABC: 109, 410. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Opuntia flexuosa (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5. 1958 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    • Tephrocactus subsphaericus Backeb., Kaktus-ABC: 410. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Tephrocactus alexanderi var. subsphaericus (Backeb.) Backeb. in Cactus (Paris) 38: 250. 1953 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia alexanderi var. subsphaerica (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5. 1958 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Tephrocactus microsphaericus Backeb., Kakteenlex.: 426. 1966 syn. sec. Las Peñas & al. 2019

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • NW. Argentina.

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

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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español: bola de indio
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