Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Opuntieae
Genus: Brasiliopuntia
Species:

Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) A.Berger, Entwicklungslin. Kakt.: 17 (1926)

• Basionym
  • Cactus brasiliensisWilld., Enum. Pl., Suppl.: 33. (1814)
• Homotypic
  • Opuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 79. (1819)
• Heterotypic
  • Cactus paradoxus Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 443. (1815)
  • Cactus arboreus Vell., Fl. Flumin.: 207. (1829)
  • Opuntia arborea (Vell.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2(2-5): 220. (1841)
  • Cactus heterocladus A.St.-Hil., Voy. Rio de Janeiro 2: 103. (1830)
  • Cereus paradoxus Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 335. (1840)
  • Opuntia hieronymi Griseb. in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 140. (1879)
  • Opuntia bahiensis Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 210–211, f. 271. (1919)
  • Brasiliopuntia bahiensis (Britton & Rose) A.Berger, Entwicklungslin. Kakt.: 17. (1926)
  • Opuntia brasiliensis subsp. bahiensis (Britton & Rose) P.J.Braun & Esteves in Succulentes (France) 74(3): 132. (1995)
  • Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis subsp. bahiensis (Britton & Rose) P.J.Braun & Esteves in Schumannia 3: 188. (2002) ["2001"]
  • Brasiliopuntia neoargentina Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 9. (1957) ["1956"]
  • Opuntia neoargentina (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley in Nat. Cact. & Succ. Journ. 13: 4. (1958)
  • Brasiliopuntia subacarpa Rizzini & A.Mattos in Revista Brasil. Biol. 46: 324. (1986)
  • Opuntia brasiliensis subsp. subacarpa (Rizzini & A.Mattos) P.J.Braun & Esteves in Succulenta (Netherlands) 74(3): 132. (1995)
  • Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis subsp. subacarpa (Rizzini & A.Mattos) P.J.Braun & Esteves in Schumannia 3: 188. (2002) ["2001"]
  • Brasiliopuntia schulzii (A.Cast. & H.V.Lelong) Backeb., Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 1: 373 (1958)
  • Opuntia schulzii A.Cast. & H.V.Lelong, Lilloa 10: 400 (1944)
    

Note: Brasiliopuntia schulzii not accepted by POWO (2025) or local flora, but segregated by CACO (2025) without definitive evidence.

• Berger, A., 1926. Die Entwicklungslinien der Kakteen, 94. 1926

• Hunt, D. 2016. CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1–174. PDF. Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis. Published online. Accessed: Jan 03 2022. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 03. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Jan 2022. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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