Group: Dicot Rank: species Herbarium Placement: Monsanto, 2nd, B, 210     

Published In: Botanical Gazette 25(2): 119. 1898. (Bot. Gaz.)

Basionym:

Opuntia whipplei var. spinosior Engelm.  Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 3: 307. 1856. (Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts)

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Bryophyte Herbarium Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Moss Flora of China System Vascular Herbarium

• 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 incompatable with species survival - Global
  • Reference UNEP WCMC 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339.
  • Conservation System UNEP WCMC 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339.

Other combinations for  Opuntia whipplei var. spinosior Engelm.:

Cylindropuntia spinosior (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth Kaktus-ABC 126. 1935. (Kaktus-ABC)

Common Names:

• spiny cholla (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr 1995. (none). Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.

Keywords: FNA, IPCN
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