Consolea

Consolea microcarpa

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: Consolea
Species: C. falcata – C. microcarpa – C. macracantha – C. millspaughii – C. moniliformis – C. nashii – C. rubescens – C. spinosissima – C. testudinis-crus

Source(s) of checklist:  (en)
Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Consolea in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec. 30. Reference page.

Name

Consolea Lem., Rev. Hort. [Paris] 174. (1862)

• Type species: Consolea spinosissima Lem., Rev. Hort. [Paris] 174. (1862)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Opuntia sect. Consolea (Lem.) L.D.Benson, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46(2): 80. (1974)
    

Note: There is little or no agreement for the species circumscription - see references, but the above follows that used by Majure et al. (2021) as the most current.

References

Primary references

• Lemaire, C. 1862. Revue Horticole, 174.

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. 
• Majure, L.C., Barrios, D., Díaz, E., Zumwalde, B.A., Testo, W. & Negrón-Ortíz, V. 2021. Pleistocene aridification underlies the evolutionary history of the Caribbean endemic, insular, giant Consolea (Opuntioideae). American Journal of Botany 108(2): 200–215. DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1610 Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Consolea in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Jan 03. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Consolea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Consolea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Consolea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 11 Sept. 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Consolea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

مصرى: كونسوليا
فارسی: کاکتوس‌های کنسوله

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