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

Authors:

Engelmann, Georg (George)

Published In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 3: 301. 1856. (Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts)

Type-Protologue

Locality: USA (Texas/New Mexico). Sandy bottoms of Rio Grande near El Paso. Fl. May

Collector and Number: [Wright s.n.]

Distribution: USA (Texas/New Mexico)

Note: Engelmann cites Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Cact. 52. 1859 (as B.C.R.) and information in [] is from that source. Coulter 1896:439 cites multiple Wright specimens as Types lecto.-Benson, Cacti U.S. Canada 920. 1982. Wright 311 (MO) Texas

Type Specimens

• LT: Charles (Carlos) Wright - 311 - MO - (BC:MO-178771/A:2015132). (MO - (BC:MO-178771/A:2015132))

  • Lectotype designated by:  Benson, L. D. 1982. Cact. U.S. Canada 920. 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:

Opuntia polyacantha var. arenaria (Engelm.) B.D. Parfitt

Projects: IPCN , VPA

Keywords: BCA, FNA, IPCN