Opuntia tortispina

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
Species: Opuntia tortispina

Name

Opuntia tortispina Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow, (1856)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Opuntia tenuispina Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 294. (1856)
  • Opuntia minor Müll.Hal. in Ann. Bot. Syst. 5: 50. (1858)
  • Opuntia oplocarpa Engelm. ex J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 431. (1896)
  • Opuntia sanguinocula Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 27: 26. (1914)

References

• Engelmann, G. & Bigelow, J.M. 1856. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293.

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. 2021. Opuntia tortispina in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Opuntia tortispina. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 30 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Opuntia tortispina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2021.

Vernacular names

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