Opuntia santa-rita

Opuntia santa-rita

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Opuntieae
Genus: Opuntia
Species: Opuntia santa-rita

Name

Opuntia santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) Rose, 1909.

Synonyms

Basionym

• Opuntia chlorotica var. santa-rita Griffiths & Hare, New Mexico Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 60: 64. 1906.

Homotypic

• Opuntia gosseliniana var. santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) L.D.Benson. Cacti Ariz. ed. 2, 65. 1950.
• Opuntia violacea var. santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) L.D.Benson, Cacti Ariz. ed. 3. 21. 1969.

Heterotypic

• Opuntia shreveana C. Z. Nelson, Galesburg Register, July 20, 1915.

References

• Anderson, E.F. 2001. The Cactus Family. (Timber Press) ISBN 0-88192-498-9.
• Flora of North America 2008. 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2010 Mar 11 [1].
• Rose, J.N. 1909. Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 52: 195.
• The International Plant Names Index 2009. Published on the Internet. 2010 Mar 11 [2].

Vernacular names

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