Tephrocactus

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: Tephrocactus
Species: T. alexanderi – T. aoracanthus – T. articulatus – T. bonnieae – T. geometricus – T. halophilus – T. molinensis – T. nigrispinus – T. paediophilus – T. recurvatus – T. verschaffeltii – T. weberi
Source(s) of checklist:

Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Tephrocactus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Jan. 19. Reference page.

Name

Tephrocactus Lem. (1868)

Type species: Tephrocactus diadematus (Lem.) Lem. vide Tephrocactus articulatus (Pfeiff.) Backeb.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Opuntia sect. Tephrocactus (Lem.) Moran, Baileya 19(4): 166. 1975.

Heterotypic
Opuntia [infragen. unranked] Glomeratae Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 144. 1837, p.p.
Type species: non design.
Opuntia sect. Angustilobatae Haw., Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 7: 111. 1830 [1].
Opuntia ser. Weberianae Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 84. 1919.
Type species: O. weberi Speg.
Ursopuntia P.V.Heath in Calyx 6(2): 41. 1999
Banfiopuntia Guiggi in Cactology 2 (Suppl.): 1. 2011
Quasitephrocactus G.Popov, Kakt. Klub 15(1-2): 13. 2012
Pseudomaihueniopsis Guiggi in Cactology 3 (Suppl. V): 1. 2013
Weberiopuntia Frič ex Kreuz., Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 41. 1935, nom. inval.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Chile North

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

Lemaire, C. 1868: Cactées 88.

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. 2022. Tephrocactus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Jan. 19. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Tephrocactus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Jan 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Tephrocactus. Published online. Accessed: Jan 19 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Tephrocactus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Jan 19.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tephrocactus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Tephrocactus (from Greek tephra, "ash", referring to the color of these plants' epidermis) is a genus of the cactus family (Cactaceae).

References
Bibliography

G. G. Leyton-Boyce et J. Illiff : The subgenus Tephrocactus (of the genus Opuntia), Morden, 1973