Opuntia engelmannii

Opuntia engelmannii

Opuntia engelmannii

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: Opuntieae
Genus: Opuntia
Series: O. ser. Tunae
Species: Opuntia engelmannii
Varietates: O. e. var. engelmannii – O. e. var. flavispina – O. e. var. flexospina – O. e. var. laevis – O. e. var. lindheimeri – O. e. var. linguiformis

Name

Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm., 1850

Synonyms

• Opuntia engelmannii subsp. occidentalis Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 291. 1856 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Opuntia engelmannii f. occidentalis (Engelm.) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult.: 52. 1907 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia microcarpa K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 714. 1898 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia cantabrigiensis Lynch in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 33: 98. 1903 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
• Opuntia lindheimeri subsp. cantabrigiensis (Lynch) Guiggi in Cactology 3: 8. 2012 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia megacarpa Griffiths, Ill. Stud. Opuntia: 91, pl. 2, f. 3, pl. 13, f. 10. 1909 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Opuntia engelmannii var. megacarpa (Griffiths) Fosberg in Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 33(2): 100. 1934 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Opuntia occidentalis var. megacarpa (Griffiths) Munz, Aliso 4(1): 94. 1958 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Opuntia ×occidentalis var. megacarpa (Griffiths) Munz in Aliso 4: 94. 1958 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
  • Opuntia riparia Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 27: 26. 1914 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia valida Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 27: 24. 1914 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia caesia Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 13. 1916 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia expansa Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 14. 1916 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia magnarenensis Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 9. 1916 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia pyrocarpa Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 90. 1916 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia flavescens Peebles in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 9: 67. 1937 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Opuntia engelmannii var. flavescens (Peebles) L.D.Benson, Cacti Ariz., ed. 2: 58. 1950 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Opuntia bensonii Sánchez-Mej. in Cact. Suc. Mex. 17(2): 47, f. 40. 1972 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Opuntia neochrysacantha Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 19(1): 20. 1974 syn. sec. Hunt 2016

Hybrids

• Opuntia × andersonii H.M.Hern., Gómez-Hin. & Bárcenas

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA Arizona, California, Louisiana Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest Regional: Southern Central USA Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah Introduced into: Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Free State, Italy, South Australia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Victoria, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck, J. zu,Boston Journal of Natural History. Boston, MA 6:208. 1850

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. Opuntia engelmannii in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 05. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Opuntia engelmannii in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia engelmannii. Published online. Accessed: Jan 05 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia engelmannii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Jan 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Jan 05 in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Engelmann's Prickly Pear
español: Nopal de Engelmann
magyar: Engelmann-fügekaktusz

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