Opuntia monacantha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Opuntieae
Genus: Opuntia
Series: O. ser. Armatae
Species: Opuntia monacantha

Name

Opuntia monacantha Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ. 81. 1819, type cons.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Cactus monacanthos Willd., Enum. Pl. Suppl. 33. 1813.
- Cactus chinensis Roxb., Fl. Indica 2: 476. 1832.
- Cactus indicus Roxb., Fl. Indica 2: 475. 1832.
- Cactus urumbeba Vell., Fl. Flum. 207. 1825.
- Opuntia arechavaletae Speg., Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires ser. 3, 4: 520. 1905.
- Opuntia brunneogemmia (F.Ritter) C.Schlindwein, Bradleya 13: 29. 1995.
- Opuntia lemaireana Console ex F.A.C.Weber in Bois, Dict. Hort. 894. 1898.
- Opuntia monacantha subsp. brunneogemmia (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves, Succulenta (Netherlands) 74: 133. 1995.
- Opuntia monacantha var. deflexa Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849. 66. 1850.
- Opuntia monacantha var. gracilior Lem., Cact. Gen. Nov. Sp. 68. 1839.
- Opuntia monacantha var. gracilior Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849). 66, 235. 1850.
- Opuntia monacantha var. variegata Darrah., Coll. Cact. Alexandra Park 57. 1908.
- Opuntia roxburghiana Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 62. 1845.
- Opuntia umbrella Steud., Nom. ed. 2. 2: 222. 1841.
- Platyopuntia brunneogemmia F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 34 (-35), fig. 1979.

Notes

The name Opuntia monacantha has been neotypified to represent this species, native to southeast South America. It was originally used by Haworth for Opuntia stricta Mill. In literature, Opuntia vulgaris Mill., often applies to this species, but should be regarded as a synonym to Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Paraguay, Uruguay
- Introduced into:
  - Alabama, Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Fiji, Florida, France, Galápagos, Georgia, Hawaii, Italy, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Malaya, Mauritius, Mississippi, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Portugal, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Vietnam, West Himalaya

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Haworth, A.H., 1819. Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum ... 81.

Additional references

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

Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Opuntia monacantha in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 15. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Opuntia monacantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia monacantha. Published online. Accessed: Jan 15 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia monacantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Jan 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Jan 15 in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Drooping Prickly Pear, Cochineal Prickly Pear, Barbary Fig
español: Monducuru, Urumbeba, Arumbeva, Cardo Palmado
lea faka-Tonga: kakatisi