Tephrocactus aoracanthus

Tephrocactus aoracanthus

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: Tephrocacteae
Genus: Tephrocactus
Species: Tephrocactus aoracanthus

Name

• Tephrocactus aoracanthus (Lem.) Lem., Cactées Cact. 89. (1868)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Opuntia aoracantha Lem., Cact. Aliq. Nov. Desc.: 34. (1838)
• Heterotypic
  • Cactus ovatus Gillies ex Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 195. (1830)
  • Cereus ovatus (Gillies ex Loudon) G.Don, Hort. Brit.: 195. (1830)
  • Cereus ovatus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 102. (1837)
  • Opuntia ovata Hort.Angl. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 102. (1837), nom. illeg.,
  • Opuntia acracantha Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 354. (1843}
  • Opuntia tuberiformis Phil. in Anales Mus. Nac., Santiago de Chile 1: 28. (1891)
  • Opuntia formidabilis Walton in Cact. J. (London) 1: 105. (1898)
  • Opuntia hossei (Krainz & Gräser) G.D.Rowley in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5. (1958)
  • Tephrocactus hossei Krainz & Gräser in Sukkulentenkunde 4: 29. (1951)
  • Opuntia paediophila A.Cast., Lilloa 23: 7 (1950)
  • Tephrocactus paediophilus (A.Cast.) F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 2: 395 (1980)
    

Note: CACO did not include Tephrocactus paediophilus in their synonymy of this taxon preferring to segregate it citing Las Peñas et al. (2019) , therefor it has its own taxon page.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America NW. Argentina. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lemaire, C. 1868. Cactées 89.

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. 
• Las Peñas, M.L., Kiesling, R. & Bernardello, G. 2019. Phylogenetic reconstruction of the genus Tephrocactus (Cactaceae) based on molecular, morphological, and cytogenetical data. Taxon 68(4): 714-730. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12092 JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Tephrocactus aoracanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Tephrocactus aoracanthus. Published online. Accessed: Jan 19 2022. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Tephrocactus aoracanthus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Tephrocactus aoracanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 June 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

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