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

Authors:

Engelmann, Georg (George)

Published In: Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 2(1): 201, pl. 3. 1863. (Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis)
Annotation: MBG copy does not have a plate 3. It may have only been printed in Capt. J.H. Simpson Report of Exploration across the Great Basin of Utah. Appendix M. Pl. 3. 1876

Type-Protologue

Locality: USA. Nevada. Sandy deserts of Walker River. fl. June. 1858 and/or 1859

Collector and Number: Henry Engelmann

Distribution: USA (Nevada)

Institution(s): LT: MO

Note: lecto.-Benson, Cacti U.S. Canada 917. 1982? Coulter 1896: 442 cites only one h. Engelmann specimen. Probably a holotype

Type Specimens

• LT: Henry Engelmann - s.n. - MO - (BC:MO-178882/A:2015335). (MO - (BC:MO-178882/A:2015335))

  • Annotation: are there syntypes?
  • Lectotype designated by:  Benson, L. D. 1982. Cact. U.S. Canada 917. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1982, Stanford, CA.
• HT: Henry Engelmann - s.n. - MO - (BC:MO-178882/A:2015335). (MO - (BC:MO-178882/A:2015335))

  • Annotation: probably HT (possibly ST)

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:

Corynopuntia pulchella (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth

Grusonia pulchella (Engelm.) H. Rob.

Micropuntia pulchella (Engelm.) C. Holland

Projects: IPCN , VPA

Keywords: FNA, FWT