Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Bayer, 2nd, B, 210

Authors:

Engelmann, Georg (George)

Published In: Boston Journal of Natural History 6(2): 207. 1850. (Boston J. Nat. Hist.)
Annotation: as "Lindheimeri"

Type-Protologue

Locality: USA. Texas, about New Braunfels 1845 or 1846?

Collector and Number: Lindheimer s.n. Engelmann sayss Lindheimer sent living material

Distribution: USA. Texas

Institution(s): MO

Note: HT? Coulter Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 421. 1896.cites Lindheimer 1722 of 1845 lecto.-Benson, Cacti U.S. Canada 930. 1982 Lindheimer s.n. of 1845

Type Specimens

• LT: Ferdinand J. Lindheimer - s.n. - MO - (BC:MO-178508/A:2016376). (MO - (BC:MO-178508/A:2016376))

  • Annotation: is this 1722 cited by Coulter?
  • Lectotype designated by:  Benson, L. D. 1982. Cact. U.S. Canada 930. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
• LT: Ferdinand J. Lindheimer - s.n. - MO - (BC:MO-178508/A:2016376). (MO - (BC:MO-178508/A:2016376))

  • Annotation: ? is this the same as 1722; could this be HT
  • Lectotype designated by:  Coulter, J. M. 1896. Preliminary revision of the North American species of Echinocactus, Cereus, and Opuntia ... Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 421.
• ST: Ferdinand J. Lindheimer - s.n. - MO - (BC:MO-178508/A:2016376). (MO - (BC:MO-178508/A:2016376))

  • Annotation: or possible HT

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
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• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Caryophyllanae Takht.
• order:  !Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  !!Cactaceae Juss.
• genus:  Opuntia Mill.

Conservation Status:

• CITES Appendix II - Trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival - Global
  • Reference UNEP-WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.
  • Conservation System UNEP-WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.

Other names for this basionym:

**Opuntia engelmannii subsp. lindheimeri (Engelm.) U. Guzmán & Mandujano

!Opuntia engelmannii subsp. lindheimeri (Engelm.) U. Guzmán ex Engelm.

Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri (Engelm.) B.D. Parfitt & Pinkava

Projects: IPCN , VPA

Common Names:

• Lindheimer's prickly-pear (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• Texas prickly-pear (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.

Keywords: FNA