Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name with Basionym (New Combination) Herbarium Placement: Bayer, 2nd, B, 210

Authors:

Haworth, Adrian Hardy

Published In: Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum ... 79. 1819. (May 1819) (Suppl. Pl. Succ.)
Annotation: as "Braziliensis"

Basionym:

Cactus brasiliensis Willd. 

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 with  Cactus brasiliensis Willd.  as basionym:

Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) A. Berger

Projects: Bolivia , Mesoamericana , Peru , VPA

Common Names:

• caracoré (spanish, Bolivia, Santa Cruz)
  • Mostacedo C., B. & Y. Uslar. 1999. Plantas silvestres con frutos y semillas comestibles del departamento de Santa Cruz, Bolivia: un inventario preliminar. Revista Soc. Boliv. Bot. 2(2): 203–226.

Keywords: BOL, VPA, FNA