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

Authors:

Britton, Nathaniel Lord
Rose, Joseph Nelson

Published In: The Cactaceae; descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family 1: 72. 1919. (21 Jun 1919) (Cact.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Collected among stones between Purmamaria and Tumbaya, 6 Feb 1917

Collector and Number: J.A. Shafer 90

Distribution: Argentina

Type Specimens

• IT: John A. Shafer - 90 - MO - (BC:MO-177678/A:936741). (MO - (BC:MO-177678/A:936741))

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:

Austrocylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.

Austrocylindropuntia vestita var. shaferi (Britton & Rose) F. Ritter

Cylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.

Trichopuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Guiggi

Projects: Bolivia , VPA

Keywords: BOL, ARG