Cumulopuntia boliviana

Cumulopuntia boliviana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Tephrocacteae
Genus: Cumulopuntia
Species:
Subspecies: C. b. subsp. boliviana – C. b. subsp. dactylifera – C. b. subsp. echinacea – C. b. subsp. flexibilispina

Name

Note: CACO do not accept subspecies preferring to maintain them as segregate species.

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Opuntia boliviana Salm-Dyck, Allg. Gartenzeitung 13: 388. (1845)
  • Homotypic
    • Tephrocactus bolivianus (Salm-Dyck) Kreuz., Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 41. (1935)
    • Maihueniopsis bolivianum (Salm-Dyck) R.Kiesling, Darwiniana 25(1–4): 207–209, f. 12. (1984)
    • Austrocylindropuntia boliviana (Salm-Dyck) G.D.Rowley, Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 42. (2006)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Chile North, Peru

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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