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: 295. 1856. (Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts)
Annotation: as "Rafinesquii"
Nomenclature Reason: Nom. superfl., Engelmann cited Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf. (Cactus humifusus, 1820), O. caespitosa Raf (1830) and O. mesacantha Raf. (1830) in synonymy

Type-Protologue

Locality: USA. Mississippi valley from Kentucky to Missouri, and from Minnesota southward

Collector and Number: anon

Distribution: USA

Institution(s): LT: MO

Note: Benson, Cacti U.S. Canada 923. 1982, attempted to lectotypify but cited specimens collected on different dates

Type Specimens

• LT: George Engelmann - s.n. - MO - (BC:MO-178292/A:2015433). (MO - (BC:MO-178292/A:2015433))

  • Annotation: Benson LT not acceptable; two spec. two dates coll
  • Lectotype designated by:  Benson, L. D. 1982. Cact. U.S. Canada 923. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
• LT: George Engelmann - s.n. - MO - (BC:MO-178315/A:2015434). (MO - (BC:MO-178315/A:2015434))

  • Annotation: Benson LT not acceptable; two spec. two dates coll
  • Lectotype designated by:  Benson, L. D. 1982. Cact. U.S. Canada 923. Stanford University Press, Stanford.

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
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• 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.

Projects: VPA

Keywords: FNA