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

Authors:

Engelmann, Georg (George)
Bigelow, John Milton

Published In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 3: 307. 1856. (Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts)
Annotation: Engelmann & Bigelow cite place of publication as P.R. Rep. (=Descr. Cact. in TL2)[page 50, T 17, f. 1-4 & T24, f.8]. But Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts probably published first.

Type-Protologue

Locality: USA.[New Mexico? Arizona?]. elevated country about Zuni to head of Williams river

Collector and Number: published with subspecies levior and spinosior but levior (variety α) is intended type variety Bigelow s.n. & Wright s.n. [from Coulter 1896]

Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico?)

Institution(s): ST: MO

Note: lecto.-Benson, Cacti U.S. Canada 913. 1982. LT: Bigelow, Arizona, MO

Type Specimens

• ST: John Milton Bigelow - s.n. - MO - (BC:MO-178979/A:2015377). (MO - (BC:MO-178979/A:2015377))
• LT: John Milton Bigelow - s.n. - MO - (BC:MO-178979/A:2015377). (MO - (BC:MO-178979/A:2015377))

  • Lectotype designated by:  Benson, L. D. 1982. Cact. U.S. Canada 913. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1982, Stanford, CA.

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• 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:

Cylindropuntia whipplei (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) F.M. Knuth

Projects: IPCN , VPA

Keywords: BCA, FNA