Opuntia streptacantha

Opuntia streptacantha

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 streptacantha

Name

Opuntia streptacantha Lem., 1839

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Opuntia cardona F.A.C.Weber, Dict. Hort.: 895. 1898 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Opuntia cardonae F.A.C.Weber, Dict. Hort. 2: 895. 1898 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia coindetti F.A.C.Weber, Dict. Hort.: 895. 1898 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Opuntia castillae Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 261–262, pl. 24. 1908 syn. sec. Majure 2021
  • Opuntia pachona Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 168–169, t. 22. 1910 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Opuntia streptacantha var. pachona (Griffiths) K.Hammer in Kulturpflanze 24: 262. 1976 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia diplacantha A.Berger, Hort. Mortol.: 232. 1912 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
  • Opuntia incarnadilla Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 27–28, pl. 4–5. 1912 syn. sec. Majure 2021
  • Opuntia arcei Cárdenas in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 28: 113, f. 77–78. 1956 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Opuntia streptacantha subsp. aguirriana Scheinvar & A.Rodr. in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Autón. México, Bot. 74: 304. 2004 ["2003"] syn. sec. Hunt 2016

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Guatemala Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Queensland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lemaire, C. 1839. Cactearum Genera Nova Speciesque Novae et omnium in Horto monvilliano cultarum ex affinitatibus naturalibus ordinatio nova indexque methodicus. Lutetiis-Parisiorum. 115 pp. BHL Reference page. : 62.

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 streptacantha in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 16. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Opuntia streptacantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia streptacantha. Published online. Accessed: Jan 16 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia streptacantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jan 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opuntia streptacantha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

español: Nopal Cardón
中文: 旋刺仙人掌

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