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

Authors:

Griffiths, David

Published In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 29(3): 10–11. 1916. (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington)

Type-Protologue

Locality: California

Collector and Number: Griffiths 10360

Distribution: USA (Texas)

Institution(s): LT: US

Note: lecto.-Benson, Cacti U.S. Canada 930. 1982

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 engelmannii subsp. aciculata (Griffiths) U. Guzmán & Mandujano

!Opuntia engelmannii subsp. aciculata (Griffiths) U. Guzmán ex Engelm.

!Opuntia engelmannii var. aciculata (Griffiths) Bravo

Opuntia engelmannii var. aciculata (Griffiths) Weniger

Opuntia lindheimeri var. aciculata (Griffiths) Bravo

Projects: VPA

Keywords: FNA