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

Published In: Madroño 35(4): 347. 1988[1989]. (Madroño)

Basionym:

Opuntia linguiformis Griffiths  Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 19: 270-271, pl. 27 [lower f.]. 1908. (Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard.)

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.

Other combinations for  Opuntia linguiformis Griffiths:

Opuntia lindheimeri var. linguiformis (Griffiths) L.D. Benson Cactus and Succulent Journal 41(3): 125. 1969. (Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles))