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: 219–220, f. 287–289. 1919. (21 Jun 1919) (Cact.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Ecuador: Chimborazo: collected in thickets on dry hills near Sibambe, 29 Aug 1918

Collector and Number: J.N. Rose & G. Rose 22432

Distribution: Ecuador

Type Specimens

• HT: Rose & G. Rose 22432; 29 Aug 1918; Ecuador: Chimborazo: Sibambe, railroad station Pitishi @CEC@

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:

• EN B1ab(iii) - Endangered - Global
  • Reference Valencia Reyes, R., N. C. A. Pitman, S. León-Yánez & P. M. Jørgensen. 2000. Libro Rojo Pl. Endémic. Ecuador 2000 i–v, 1–489. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito.
  • Conservation System IUCN. 2001. IUCN Red List Categ. Crit. v. 3.1 ii, 1–30. IUCN, Gland.
• DD - Data Deficient - Global
  • Reference León Yánez, S., R. Valencia Reyes, N. C. A. Pitman, L. Endara, C. Ulloa Ulloa & H. Navarrete. 2011. Libro Rojo Pl. Endémic. Ecuador, 2 ed. 1–957. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito.
  • Conservation System IUCN. 2001. IUCN Red List Categ. Crit. v. 3.1 ii, 1–30. IUCN, Gland.

Projects: Ecuador , VPA

Keywords: CEC