Cylindropuntia tunicata

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
Species: Cylindropuntia tunicata

Name

Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) F.M.Knuth, 1935

Synonyms

Cactus tunicatus Lehm. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16: 319. 1832 syn. sec. Hernández & al. 2014
Opuntia tunicata (Lehm.) Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 170. 1837 syn. sec. Hernández & al. 2014
Grusonia tunicata (Lehm.) G.D.Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 45. 2006 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Cactus tunicatus Lehm., Index Seminum (HBG) 1827: 17. 1827, nom. nud., syn. sec. ???
- Opuntia exuviata DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 118. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia exuviata var. angustior DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 118. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia exuviata var. spinosior DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 118. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia stapeliae DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 117. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia furiosa H.L.Wendl. in Cat. Hort. Herrenh. 1835 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia exuviata var. viridior Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 48. 1845 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia tunicata var. laevior Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 73. 1850 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
- Opuntia puelchana A.Cast. in Physis (Buenos Aires) 9: 101. 1928 syn. sec. Tropicos
- Cylindropuntia tunicata var. aricensis F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 3: 890. 1980 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
- Cylindropuntia tunicata var. chilensis F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 3: 889. 1980 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Opuntia tunicata var. chilensis (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm., Cact. Fl. Silvestre Chile: 242. 1989 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest
- Regional: Southern Central USA
  - Texas
- Introduced into:
  - Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Canary Is., Chile North, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, New South Wales, Peru, Queensland, South Australia, Spain, Victoria, Western Australia

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

References

Primary references

Knuth, F.M. in C. Backeberg & F. M. Knuth, 1935. Kaktus-ABC 126.

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. Cylindropuntia tunicata in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 01. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cylindropuntia tunicata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 01. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cylindropuntia tunicata. Published online. Accessed: Jan 01 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Cylindropuntia tunicata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Jan 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cylindropuntia tunicata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: sheathed cholla
español: abrojo, clavellina, coyonoxtle, tencholote
Runa Simi: Atuq waqachi