Opuntia fragilis
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales |
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Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Opuntieae
Genus: Opuntia
Series: O. ser. Xerocarpeae
Species: Opuntia fragilis
Name
[edit]Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw., 1819.
Synonyms
[edit]- Basionym
- Cactus fragilis Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 296. 1818.
- Homotypic
- Terecaulis fragilis (Nutt.) Berge, Buch der Welt 91. 1842.
- Tunas fragilis (Nutt.) Nieuwl. & Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 479. 1916.
- Heterotypic
- Opuntia brachyarthra Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow, Pacific Railr. Rep. 4(pt. 5 [no. 3]) (Whipple). 47. 1857.
- Opuntia fragilis f. brachyarthra (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult. 56. 1907.
- Opuntia fragilis subsp. brachyarthra (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) W.A.Weber, Phytologia 51(6): 374. 1982.
- Opuntia fragilis var. brachyarthra (Engelm. & Bigelow) J.M.Coult., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 440. 1896.
- Opuntia fragilis var. caespitosa L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 4: 2363. 1916.
- Opuntia fragilis var. denudata Wiegand & Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 10. 1956.
- Opuntia fragilis var. frutescens Engelm., Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 245. 1845.
- Opuntia fragilis var. parviconspicua Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 10. 1956.
- Opuntia fragilis var. tuberiformis L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 4: 2363. 1916.
- Opuntia polyacantha var. schweriniana (K.Schum.) Backeb., Cactaceae (Backeberg) 1: 607. 1958.
- Opuntia sabinii Pfeiff., Enum. Cact. 147. 1837.
- Opuntia schweriniana K.Schum., Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 9: 148. 1899.
Hybrids
[edit]- Opuntia × columbiana Griffiths
Distribution
[edit]Native distribution areas: |
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References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition |
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Haworth, A.H. 1819. Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum ... 82.
Additional references
[edit]- Anderson, E.F. 2001. The Cactus Family. (Timber Press) ISBN 0-88192-498-9.
- 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.
Links
[edit]- Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Opuntia fragilis in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 05. Reference page.
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Opuntia fragilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 05. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia fragilis. Published online. Accessed: Jan 05 2022.
- Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia fragilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Jan 2022.
- eFloras 2008. Opuntia fragilis in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA..
- USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opuntia fragilis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 Jan 05.
- Opuntia fragilis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Brittle pricklypear, little pricklypear
magyar: törékeny fügekaktusz
svenska: Sköropuntia
magyar: törékeny fügekaktusz
svenska: Sköropuntia