Grusonia grahamii

Grusonia grahamii

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: Grusonia
Species: Grusonia grahamii

Name

Grusonia kunzei (Rose) Pinkava, J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 32(1): 50. (1999)

Note

The word grahamii is an epithet in honor of James Duncan Graham, an American surveyor and colonel, head of the Mexican Boundary Survey scientific corps.

Synonyms

• Opuntia grahamii Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 304. 1856 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
• Corynopuntia grahamii (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 116. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
• Opuntia schottii var. grahamii (Engelm.) L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41(3): 124. 1969 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
  • Corynopuntia planibulbispina Backeb., Cactaceae 6: 3603. 1962 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Grusonia grahamii Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest Regional: Southern Central USA New Mexico, Texas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pinkava, D.J. 1999. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 32(1): 50.

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. 2021. Grusonia grahamii in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Grusonia grahamii. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 27 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Grusonia grahamii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Nov. 2021.

Vernacular names

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