Consolea rubescens

Consolea rubescens

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: Consolea rubescens

Name

Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Lem., 1926

Synonyms

• Opuntia rubescens Salm-Dyck ex DC., Prodr. 3: 474. 1828 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
• Cactus rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Lem. in Rev. Hort. 1862: 174. 1862 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Consolea moniliformis subsp. rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Guiggi in Cactology 1: 23. 2007 syn. sec. ???
  • Opuntia catocantha Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 166. 1837 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
• Consolea catacantha (Link & Otto) Lem. in Rev. Hort. 34: 174. 1862 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Opuntia guanicana Gürke in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 180. 1908 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
• Consolea guanicana (K.Schum. ex Gürke) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 146. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Lemaire, C. 1926. Rev. Hort. 34: 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. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Consolea rubescens in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 03. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Consolea rubescens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Consolea rubescens. Published online. Accessed: Jan 03 2022. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Consolea rubescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

English: sour pricklypear

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