Tephrocactus articulatus

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: Tephrocactus articulatus
Name

Tephrocactus articulatus (Pfeiff.) Backeb. (1953)
Synonyms

Basionym
Cereus articulatus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 103. 1837.

Homotypic
Opuntia articulata (Pfeiff.) D.R.Hunt, Bradleya 5: 93. 1987.

Heterotypic

Cereus syringacanthus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 103. 1837.
Opuntia andicola Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 145. 1837.
Opuntia andicola var. elongata Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 72. 1839.
Opuntia andicola var. fulvispina Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 72. 1839.
Opuntia andicola var. major Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 72. 1839.
Opuntia calva Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 73. 1839.
Opuntia diademata Lem.
Opuntia diademata f. calva (Lem.) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult. 45. 1907.
Opuntia diademata var. calva (Lem.) F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 692. 1898.
Opuntia diademata var. inermis Speg., Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires (ser. 3) 4: 511. 1905.
Opuntia diademata var. oligacantha Speg., Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires (ser. 3) 4: 511. 1905.
Opuntia glomerata f. oligacantha (Speg.) A.Cast., Lilloa 23: 11. 1950.
Opuntia glomerata f. papyracantha (Phil.) A.Cast., Lilloa 23: 12. 1950.
Opuntia glomerata var. calva (Lem.) G.D.Rowley, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5. 1958.
Opuntia glomerata var. gracilior (Salm-Dyck) G.D.Rowley, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5. 1958.
Opuntia glomerata var. inermis (Speg.) G.D.Rowley, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5. 1958.
Opuntia glomerata var. oligacantha (Speg.) G.D.Rowley, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5. 1958.
Opuntia glomerata var. polycantha (Speg.) G.D.Rowley, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5. 1958.
Opuntia papyracantha K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 694. 1898, nom. illeg. non Phil. (1872).
Opuntia papyracantha Phil., Gartenflora 21: 129. 1872.
Opuntia strobiliformis A.Berger, Kakteen 53, fig. 9. 1929.
Opuntia syringacantha Pfeiff. ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk. 470. 1846.
Opuntia turpinii Lem., Cact. Aliq. Nov. 36. 1838.
Opuntia turpinii var. polymorpha Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849: 71. 1850.
Tephrocactus andicola (Pfeiffer) Lem., Cact. 88 (1868). (IK)
Tephrocactus articulatus f. syringacanthus (Pfeiff.) F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 2: 392. 1980.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. calvus (Lem.) Backeb., Cactus (Paris) no. 38: 249. 1953.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. diadematus (Lem.) Backeb., Cactus (Paris) no. 38: 249. 1953.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. inermis (Speg.) Backeb., Cactus (Paris) no. 38: 249. 1953.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. oligacanthus (Speg.) Backeb., Cactus (Paris) no. 38: 249. 1953.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. ovatus (Pfeiff.) Backeb., Cactus (Paris) no. 38: 249. 1953.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus (Phil.) Backeb., Cactus (Paris) no. 38: 249. 1953.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. polyacanthus (Speg.) Backeb., Cactus (Paris) no. 38: 249. 1953.
Tephrocactus articulatus var. syringacanthus (Pfeiff.) Backeb., Cactus (Paris) no. 38: 249. 1953.
Tephrocactus calvus (Lem.) Lem., Cact. 88. 1868.
Tephrocactus diadematus (Lem.) Lem., Cact. Aliq. Nov. Desc. 36.
Tephrocactus diadematus var. calvus (Lem.) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC 107. 1936.
Tephrocactus glomeratus (Haw.) Speg., Cactus 8: 249. 1953.
Tephrocactus glomeratus var. andicola (Pfeiff.) Backeb., Cactus (Paris) no. 38: 249. 1953.
Tephrocactus glomeratus var. atratispinus Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 14. 1963.
Tephrocactus glomeratus var. fulvispinus (Lem.) Backeb., Cactaceae 1: 283. 1958.
Tephrocactus glomeratus var. gracilior (Salm-Dyck) Backeb., Cactus (Paris) no. 38: 249. 1953.
Tephrocactus glomeratus var. inermis Speg., Revista Argent. Bot. 1: 200, tab. 1926.
Tephrocactus glomeratus var. longispinus Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 14. 1963.
Tephrocactus glomeratus var. oligacantha Speg., Revista Argent. Bot. 1: 201, tab. 1926.
Tephrocactus inermis (Speg.) Backeb., (Berlin) 1939, Teil 2 (Okt.) 15. 1939.
Tephrocactus neoglomeratus var. andicola (Pfeiff.) Y.Itô, Cactaceae 73, specific name not validly publ. 1981 (IK)
Tephrocactus neoglomeratus var. atratospinus (Backeb.) Y.Itô, Cactaceae 73, specific name not validly publ. 1981 (IK)
Tephrocactus neoglomeratus var. fulvispinus (Lem.) Y.Itô, Cactaceae 74, specific name not validly publ. 1981.
Tephrocactus neoglomeratus var. gracilor (Salm-Dyck) Y.Itô, Cactaceae 74, specific name not validly publ. 1981.
Tephrocactus neoglomeratus var. longispinus (Backeb.) Y.Itô, Cactaceae 74, specific name not validly publ. 1981.
Tephrocactus strobiliformis (A.Berger) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC 106. 1936,
Tephrocactus turpinii (Lem.) Lem., Cactées 88. 1868.

References

Backeberg, C. 1953: Cactus 38: 249.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tephrocactus articulatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Tephrocactus articulatus is a species of cactus in the subfamily Opuntioideae of the plant family Cactaceae. They usually grow branches up to one foot tall with white flowers. Propagation is usually through cuttings. Stem segments easily break away and will root without special treatment. Plants may also be grown from seeds. Spring blooms open at end-of-evening nautical twilight, and close shortly after sunrise.

They originate in Argentina, but are cultivated in outdoor landscaping in warm desert climates such as Phoenix, Arizona.

Common varieties within the species include var. inermis ("Spruce cone cactus") and var. papyracanthus ("Paper Spine Cholla Cactus").

References

Paper Spine Cactus (Tephrocactus articulatus)
Tephrocactus articulatus var. syringacanthus