Cylindropuntia × congesta

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: Cylindropuntieae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
Nothospecies: Cylindropuntia × congesta

Name

Cylindropuntia × congesta (Griffiths) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC (Backeberg & F.M.Knuth) 123. 1936.

Synonyms

Basionym

• Opuntia congesta Griffiths, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 20: 88, figs. 1909.

Homotypic

• Cylindropuntia ×congesta (Griffiths) Pinkava, J. Ariz.-Nev. Acad. Sci., 32(1): 42. 1999, isonym.
• Grusonia ×congesta (Griffiths) G.D.Rowley, Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 44. 2006.

Parentage

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa × Cylindropuntia whipplei

References

• The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet. 2009 Dec 10 [1].
• Flora of North America (2008). 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Dec 10 [2].