Micropuntia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Micropuntia Daston, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 36: 661. (1946)

Type species: Micropuntia brachyrhopalica Daston (1946) vide Micropuntia pulchella (Engelm.) M.P.Griff., Haseltonia 9: 91 (2002 publ. 2003)
monotypic taxon

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America E. California to W. Utah. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Hochstätter, F. 2013. The Micropuntia complex (Cactaceae, Opuntioideae). Cactus World 31(4): 255–258.
Roberts, E. 2013. Micropuntia: an introduction. Cactus and Succulent Journal 85(1):30-38
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.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Micropuntia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Micropuntia. Published online. Accessed: Jan 02 2022. Reference page.
Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Micropuntia in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 02. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Micropuntia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Jan 2022. Reference page.