Opuntia leucotricha

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Opuntieae
Genus: Opuntia
Series: O. ser. Leucotrichae
Species: Opuntia leucotricha

Opuntia leucotricha DC., Mém. Mus. Par. 17: 119. 1828.

• Opuntia leucacantha Link & Otto ex Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 362. 1834 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
• Opuntia leucacantha Link & Otto ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 167. 1837 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
• Consolea leucacantha (Link & Otto) Lem. in Rev. Hort. 34: 174. 1862 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia fulvispina Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 164. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia fulvispina var. laevior Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 164. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia lanigera Parm. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 157. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia leucantha Link & Otto ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 167. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia leucosticta H.L.Wendl. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 167. 1837 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
  • Opuntia subferox Schott ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 167. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia erythrocentron Lem. ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 492. 1846 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
  • Opuntia leucacantha var. subferox Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 497. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia rufescens Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 493. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia fulvispina var. badia Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 65. 1850 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia leucacantha var. laevior Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 47. 1850 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Nopalea angustifrons Lindb. in Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. 10: 123. 1871 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia leucotricha var. fulvispina F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt., Nachtr. 1: 157. 1903 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia durangensis Britton & Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50(4): 518. 1908 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Opuntia pyriformis Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12(7): 292, t. 26, f. 35. 1909 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  •  Opuntia zamudioi Scheinvar in Cact. Suc. Mex. 44(4): 88–93, f. 1–6. 1999 syn. sec. Hunt 2016

• De Candolle, A.P. (1828) Mémoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 17: 119.

• 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. 

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Opuntia leucotricha in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 06. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Opuntia leucotricha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia leucotricha. Published online. Accessed: Jan 06 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia leucotricha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Jan 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opuntia leucotricha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 Jan 06.
• Wunderlin, R.P. & Hansen, B.F. 2008. Opuntia leucotricha in Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Apr 17.

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