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

Published In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 3: 291. 1856. (Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Texas

Collector and Number: Bigelow

Distribution: USA (Texas)

Institution(s): LT: MO

Note: lecto.-Benson, Cacti U.S. Canada 928. 1982

Type Specimens

• LT: John Milton Bigelow - s.n. (MO)
• LT: Bigelow s.n.; 25 Sep 1853; USA: New Mexico (MO)

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.
• species:  Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.

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.

Combinations for this basionym:

Opuntia cyclodes (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Rose Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 13(9): 309. 1911. (Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.)

Opuntia lindheimeri var. cyclodes (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) J.M. Coult. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 3(7): 422. 1896. (Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.)

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Type Specimen