Opuntia leucotricha

Opuntia leucotricha

Opuntia leucotricha

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. Leucotrichae
Species: Opuntia leucotricha

Name

Opuntia leucotricha DC., Mém. Mus. Par. 17: 119. 1828.

Synonyms

Opuntia leucacantha Link & Otto ex Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 362. 1834 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
Opuntia leucacantha Link & Otto ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 167. 1837 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
Consolea leucacantha (Link & Otto) Lem. in Rev. Hort. 34: 174. 1862 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia fulvispina Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 164. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia fulvispina var. laevior Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 164. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia lanigera Parm. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 157. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia leucantha Link & Otto ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 167. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia leucosticta H.L.Wendl. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 167. 1837 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
- Opuntia subferox Schott ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 167. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia erythrocentron Lem. ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 492. 1846 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
- Opuntia leucacantha var. subferox Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 497. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia rufescens Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 493. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia fulvispina var. badia Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 65. 1850 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia leucacantha var. laevior Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 47. 1850 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Nopalea angustifrons Lindb. in Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. 10: 123. 1871 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia leucotricha var. fulvispina F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt., Nachtr. 1: 157. 1903 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Opuntia durangensis Britton & Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50(4): 518. 1908 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
- Opuntia pyriformis Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12(7): 292, t. 26, f. 35. 1909 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
-  Opuntia zamudioi Scheinvar in Cact. Suc. Mex. 44(4): 88–93, f. 1–6. 1999 syn. sec. Hunt 2016

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Canary Is., Free State, Galápagos, Italy, Portugal, Spain References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

De Candolle, A.P. (1828) Mémoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 17: 119.

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 leucotricha 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 leucotricha 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 leucotricha. Published online. Accessed: Jan 06 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia leucotricha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Jan 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opuntia leucotricha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 Jan 06.
Wunderlin, R.P. & Hansen, B.F. 2008. Opuntia leucotricha in Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Apr 17.

Vernacular names

English: arborescent prickly pear, Aaron's beard cactus, semaphore cactus
español: Duraznillo blanco, Nopal blanco, nopal colorado

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