Opuntia auberi

Opuntia auberi

Taxonavigation

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

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

Note

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

Primary references

• Pfeiffer, L.K.G. 1840. Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 8(36): 282.

Additional references

• Hunt, D. 2016. CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1–174. PDF. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Opuntia auberi in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Sept. 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia auberi. Published online. Accessed: Jan 03 2022. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Opuntia auberi in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Sept. 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Opuntia auberi. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Sept. 2025. Reference page.

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