Opuntia ser. Xerocarpeae

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

Opuntia ser. Xerocarpeae Schumann, K.M. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 703, 732. (1898)

Type species: Opuntia sphaerocarpa Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow, Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 3): 47 (1857 publ. 1856) vide Opuntia polyacantha Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 82 (1819)

Homotypic
- Opuntia [infragen. unranked] Xerocarpeae Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 289, 299. 1856 [1], [2]; Syn. Cact. U. S. 33, 43. (1856)
Heterotypic
- Opuntia [infragen. unranked] Rubriflorae Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 298. (1856), nom. nud. [3].
  - Type species: non design.
- Opuntia [infragen. unranked] Tumidae K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 700, 704. (1898) [4].
  - Opuntia ser. Tumidae (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose, Smithsonian Misc. Collect. no. 1786 50(4): 535. (20 Feb) 1908.
    - Type species: non design.
- Opuntia ser. Basilares Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 45, 118.
  - Opuntia subser. Basilares (Britton & Rose) Backeb., Cactaceae 1: 588. (1958), comb. inval.
    - Type species: Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
- Opuntia ser. Polyacanthae Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 60. (1919) [5].
  - Type species: Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
- Opuntia subser. Fragiles Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 18. 1942; Cactaceae 1: 588, 591. (1958), nom. inval.
  - Type species: Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.
- Opuntia subser. Rhodanthae Backeb., Cactaceae 1: 588, 600. (1958), nom. inval.
  - Type species: Opuntia rhodantha K.Schum.

Schumann, K.M. 1898. Gesamtbeschreibung der Kakteen (Monographia Cactacearum) 703 [6].

Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1908. A preliminary treatment of the Opuntioideae of North America (Vol. 4). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 50(34): 503–539. hdl: 10088/23301 . Reference page.
Majure, L.C., Murphy, T.H., Köhler, M., Puente, R. & Hodgson, W.C. 2023. Evolution of the Xerocarpa clade (Opuntia; Opuntieae): Evidence for the role of the Grand Canyon in the biogeographic history of the iconic beavertail cactus and relatives. Plants 12(14): 2677.DOI: 10.3390/plants12142677 Reference page.