Cylindropuntia alcahes

Cylindropuntia alcahes

Cylindropuntia alcahes

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: Cylindropuntieae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
Species: Cylindropuntia alcahes
Subspecies: C. a. subsp. alcahes – C. a. subsp. burrageana – C. a. subsp. gigantensis – C. a. subsp. mcgillii

Name

Cylindropuntia alcahes (F.A.C.Weber) F.M.Knuth, 1936 ["1935"]

Synonyms

• Opuntia alcahes F.A.C.Weber in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 1: 321. 1895 syn. sec. Hernández & al. 2014
• Grusonia alcahes (F.A.C.Weber) G.D.Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 43. 2006 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia brevispina H.E.Gates in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 10: 98. 1993 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
• Cylindropuntia brevispina (H.E.Gates) Backeb., Cactaceae 1: 205. 1958 syn. sec. Hunt 2016

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Cylindropuntia alcahes Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA Arizona Regional: Mexico Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Knuth, F.M., 1936 ["1935"]. Kaktus-ABC: 127.

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. Cylindropuntia alcahes in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 30. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cylindropuntia alcahes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cylindropuntia alcahes. Published online. Accessed: Dec 30 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cylindropuntia alcahes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Dec 2021.

Vernacular names

español: clavellina

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