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406.0000 Family Cactaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 310 (1789), nom. cons.
133 genera, ca. 1700-1800 spp. There has been excessive splitting, leading to over 3000 species in some collectors view. The phylogeny is still somewhat in flux, but is getting more stabilized now. It should be good practice in the future that each ´new species´ description is confirmed by molecular genetics, not only by morphology.
Species listed in database: 1809; hybrids: 78
= Cereaceae DC. & Spreng.(transl.Jameson); Elem. Philos. Pl. 142 (1821)
= Mammillariaceae D.L.Fu; Amer. J. Agric. Forest. 12(5): 352 (2024)
= Nopaleaceae E.Schmid & Curtman; Pflanzenreich [Petermann] 2: 135 (1856)
= Opuntiaceae Desv.; Dict. Rais. Bot. 52, 385 (1817)
406.3103 Genus Micropuntia Daston; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 36: 661 (1947)
Distribution: W-USA
Species listed in database: 1
= Grusonia subgen.Micropuntia (Daston) Stuppy; Succ. Pl. Res. 6: 48 (2002)
species :
Micropuntia pulchella (Engelm.) M.P.Griff.; Haseltonia 9: 91 (2002 publ. 2003)
Name: Sand Cholla, Dwarf Cholla
Distribution: USA (C-Nevada, W-Utah, NW-Arizona, SE-California)
76 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Corynopuntia pulchella (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth; Kaktus-ABC [Backeberg & Knuth] 115 (1935)
= Grusonia pulchella (Engelm.) H.Rob.; Phytologia 26(3): 176 (1973)
= Micropuntia barkleyana Daston; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 36: 662 (1947)
= Micropuntia brachyrhopalica Daston; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 36: 661 (1947)
= Micropuntia gracilicylindrica Wiegand & Backeb.; Descr. Cact. Nov. [Backeberg] 9 (1957)
= Micropuntia pulchella subsp. gracilicylindrica (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) Hochstätter; CactusWorld 31(4): 256 (2013)
= Micropuntia pygmaea E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.; Descr. Cact. Nov. [Backeberg] 1: 9 (1956 publ. 1957)
= Micropuntia spectatissima Daston; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 36: 662 (1947)
= Micropuntia tuberculosirhopalica E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.; Descr. Cact. Nov. [Backeberg] 1: 9 (1956 publ. 1957)
= Micropuntia wiegandii Backeb.; Descr. Cact. Nov. [Backeberg] 9 (1957)
= Opuntia barkleyana (Daston) G.D.Rowley; Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5 (1958)
= Opuntia brachyrhopalica (Daston) G.D.Rowley; Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5 (1958)
= Opuntia gracilicylindrica (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley; Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5 (1958)
= Opuntia pulchella Engelm.; Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 2: 201 (1863)
= Opuntia pygmaea (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley; Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5 (1958)
= Opuntia spectatissima (Daston) G.D.Rowley; Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5 (1958)
= Opuntia tuberculosirhopalica (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley; Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5 (1958)
= Opuntia wiegandii (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley; Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 5 (1958)
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