Opuntia elata var. cardiosperma

Life-forms

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 elata
Varietas: Opuntia elata var. cardiosperma
Name

Opuntia elata var. cardiosperma (K.Schum.) R.Kiesling, Fl. Ilustr. Entre Rios 4b: 412. 2005.
Type: Paraguay, near Recoleta, in the vicinity of Asunción, 3.3.1899 (fr), Anisits (Cact. n.) 64 (B alc).

Synonyms

Basionym
Opuntia cardiosperma K.Schum., Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 9: 150. 1899.

Homotypic
Platyopuntia cardiosperma (K.Schum.) F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 246. (1979)

Heterotypic
Opuntia chakensis Speg., Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 519. (1905)
Opuntia mieckleyi K.Schum., Blüh. Kakt. 1: t. 44. (1903)
Opuntia elata var. delaetiana F.A.C.Weber in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 10: 392. (1904)
Opuntia elata var. delaitiana F.A.C.Weber in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 10: 392. (1904)
Opuntia delaetiana (F.A.C.Weber) Vaupel, Blüh. Kakteen 37: t. 148. (1913)
Opuntia alko-tuna Cárdenas in Lilloa 23: 23. (1950)
Platyopuntia limitata F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 245. (1979)
Opuntia limitata (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves in Succulenta (Netherlands) 74(3): 133. (1995)

References

Schumann, K.M. 1899, Monatsschrift für Kakteenkunde. Berlin 9: 150.
Leuenberger, B.E. 2001. The type specimen of Opuntia cardiosperma (Cactaceae), new synonyms and new records from Argentina and Paraguay. Willdenowia 31: 171–179 [1].
Kiesling, R. 2005. Fl. Ilustr. Entre Rios 4b: 412.
Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Opuntia elata var. cardiosperma in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 29. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opuntia elata var. cardiosperma in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.