Tropicos | Name - Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.

Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.

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

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Published In: Boston Journal of Natural History 6(2): 206. 1850. (Boston J. Nat. Hist.)

Type-Protologue: Locality: USA. Texas, Naked sterile rocky place on upper Guadalupe. Including flowering in St. Louis in June, Also western Arkansas; Collector and Number: Lindheimer and Anon.; Distribution: USA Texas and Arkansas; Institution(s): MO; Note: "lecto."Benson, Cacti U.S. Canada 925. 1982, Lindheimer "1251" Including at leas two different Lindheimer collections from Texas (fruits and seeds) and flowers from material from Lindheimer cultivated in St. Louis

Type Specimens

ET: Ferdinand J. Lindheimer - 827 - MO - (BC:MO-178580/A:2015520). (MO - (BC:MO-178580/A:2015520))
- Annotation: for joints
- Epitype designated by: Benson, L. D. 1982. Cact. U.S. Canada 925. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
LT: Ferdinand J. Lindheimer - s.n. - MO - (BC:MO-178589/A:52632). (MO - (BC:MO-178589/A:52632)) In the large packet on the sheet there are three small packets marked as follows: Opuntia macrorhiza E., “between Pierdenales & Guadelupe”, fruit greenish, very pleasant. 1847. F. Lindheimer. The packet contains only seeds and fruit pieces. Opuntia macrorhiza E., western Texas. fruit greenish yellow, pleasant. 1847. F. Lindheimer. The packet contains only seeds and fruits. Opuntia “macro”. western Texas. Fruit light red or brownish. 1847. F. Lindh. The packet contains only seeds and f
- Annotation: a LT can not include specimens coll. diff. dates
- Lectotype designated by: Benson, L. D. 1982. Cact. U.S. Canada 924-925. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
ST: Ferdinand J. Lindheimer - s.n. - MO - (BC:MO-178589/A:52632). (MO - (BC:MO-178589/A:52632))
- Annotation: actually two syntypes

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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.

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Projects: IPCN , VPA

Keywords: FNA