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Opuntia auberi

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Opuntia auberi

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Opuntieae
Genus: Opuntia
Series: Opuntia ser. Nopalea
Species: Opuntia auberi

Name

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Opuntia auberi Pfeiff., Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) 8: 282 (1840)

Note

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The specific epithet auberi honors the director of the Botanical Garden in Havana Pedro Alejandro Auber e Fondniare.

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Nopalea auberi (Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 64. (1850)
  • Heterotypic
    • Nopalea escuintlensis Matuda in Cact. Suc. Mex. 1(3): 43–44. (1956)
    • Nopalea guatemalensis Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 330 (1907)
    • Opuntia velizii Lodé in Int. Cact. Advent. 102: 30 (2014)

Note: POWO (2025) recognises the species and synonymy, CACO (2025) segregates Opuntia velizii, as a Honduran specific species.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba
    • Regional: Central America
      • Guatemala, Honduras
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

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

References

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