Opuntia lasiacantha

Opuntia lasiacantha

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. Streptacanthae
Species Opuntia lasiacantha

Name

• Opuntia lasiacantha Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 160. 1837.

Synonyms

• Opuntia megacantha var. lasiacantha (Pfeiff.) A.Berger in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 453. 1905 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Opuntia megacantha f. lasiacantha (Pfeiff.) Schelle, Kakteen: 69. 1926 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia zacuapanensis A.Berger, Hort. Mortol.: 413. 1912 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia chaetocarpa Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 27: 25. 1914 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia rzedowskii Scheinvar in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Autón. México, Bot. 47–53: 123, f. 1–7. 1984 ["1976-1982"] syn. sec. Hunt 2016

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pfeiffer, L.K.G. 1837. Enumeratio Diagnostica Cactearum hucusque Cognitarum. 192 pp. Berolini. BHL Reference page. : 160.

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 lasiacantha in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 06. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Opuntia lasiacantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia lasiacantha. Published online. Accessed: Jan 06 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia lasiacantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

español: Nopal, Nopal De Cerro

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