Pterocactus tuberosus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Tephrocacteae
Genus: Pterocactus
Species: Pterocactus tuberosus
Name

Pterocactus tuberosus (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 32 (1919).
Synonyms

Opuntia tuberosa Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 146. 1837 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
Opuntia tuberosa var. spinosa Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 146. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pterocactus kuntzei K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 7: 6. 1897 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
Opuntia kuntzei (K.Schum.) Kiessling, Tephrocactus u. and. Feigenkakt.: 156. 2000 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
Pterocactus decipiens Gürke in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 147. 1907 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
Opuntia skottsbergii Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 96–97, f. 114. 1919 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
Pterocactus skottsbergii (Britton & Rose) Backeb. in Desert Pl. Life 22: 17. 1950 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
Pterocactus kuntzei f. lelongii Ruiz Leal ex R.Kiesling in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 44: 56. 1982 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pterocactus tuberosus f. lelongii (Ruiz Leal ex R.Kiesling) R.Kiesling in Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74: 1246. 1999 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pterocactus kurtzei K.Schum., Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1: 259. 1897 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019) [non Pterocactus kuntzei K.Schum. 1897]

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South

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

Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1919. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 1. 236 pp. + 38 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page.
LLIFLE - Encyclopedia of living forms 2013-2016. Pterocactus tuberosus in LLIFLE. Published on internet. Accessed: 2016 Jan 19.

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 Open access Reference page.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Pterocactus tuberosus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 19. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pterocactus tuberosus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pterocactus tuberosus. Published online. Accessed: Jan 19 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Pterocactus tuberosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Jan 2022.
The Plant List 2013. Version 1.1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Jan 19.

Vernacular names

Pterocactus tuberosus is a species of cactus in the genus Pterocactus, native to Argentina.[1] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]
References

"Pterocactus tuberosus (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
"Pterocactus tuberosus". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.