Opuntia caracassana

Opuntia caracassana

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 caracassana

Name

Opuntia caracassana Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 238. (1844)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Opuntia bisetosa Pittier, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 26: 42 (1936)
  • Opuntia pennellii Britton & Rose, Cact. 1: 115 (1919)
  • Opuntia salvadorensis Britton & Rose in P.C.Standley & S.Calderon, Lista Pl. Salvador: 158 (1925)
  • Opuntia tunoides Britton & Shafer ex Bold., Fl. Dutch W. Ind. Is. 2: 81 (1914)
  • Opuntia wentiana Britton & Rose, Cact. 1: 116 (1919)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Introduced into: El Salvador References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck, J. zu 1850. Cacteae in Horto Dyckensi Cultae. Anno 1849. 266 pp. Bonnae. BHL Reference page. : ed. 1849: 238.

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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Opuntia caracassana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Sept. 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia caracassana. Published online. Accessed: Jan 04 2022. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Opuntia caracassana in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 04. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia caracassana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Jan 2022. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• فارسی: اوبونتيا كاراكاسانا

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