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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)
406.3102 Genus Pereskiopsis Britton & Rose; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 331 (1907)
Distribution: Mexico, C-America. The genus is sometimes included in Grusonia s. lat.
Species listed in database: 6
= Grusonia subgen.Pereskiopsis (Britton & Rose) G.D.Rowley; Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 42 (2006)
species :
Pereskiopsis aquosa Britton & Rose; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 331 (1907)
Name: Alfilerillo, Chirrioncillo, Tasajillo, Tuna de agua
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Grusonia aquosa (F.A.C.Weber) G.D.Rowley; Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 42 (2006)
= Opuntia aquosa F.A.C.Weber; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 165 (1898)
species :
Pereskiopsis blakeana Ortega; Cat. Alf. Pl. Sinaloa, Fam. Cact. A. No. 1 (1929), et Bol. Pro-Cult. Reg. 1: No. 4 (Fam. Cact. 4) (1930)
Name: Coconoxtle, Joconoxtle
Distribution: Mexico (Durango, Sinaloa, Michoacan)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Grusonia blakeana (J.G.Ortega) G.D.Rowley; Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 42 (2006)
species :
Pereskiopsis diguetii (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 332 (1907)
Name: Alfilerillo, Cola de Diablo, Nopaleta, Patilon
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Grusonia diguetii (F.A.C.Weber) G.D.Rowley; Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 42 (2006)
= Opuntia diguetii F.A.C.Weber; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 166 (1898)
= Opuntia spathulata (Otto ex Pfeiff.) F.A.C.Weber; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 4: 165 (1898)
= Pereskia crassicaulis Zucc. ex Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact. 176 (1837)
= Pereskia higuerana Cárdenas; Cactus (Paris) 80-81: 18 (1964)
= Pereskia spathulata Otto ex Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact. 176 (1837)
= Pereskiopsis diguetii subsp. spathulata (Otto ex Pfeiff.) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2019(8)-2: 3 (2019)
= Pereskiopsis spathulata (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 333 (1907)
= Pereskiopsis velutina Rose; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 333 (1907)
= Rhodocactus higueranus (Cárdenas) Backeb.; Kakteenlexikon 396 (1966)
species :
Pereskiopsis kellermanii Rose; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 332 (1907)
Name: Cola lagarto
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Honduras
79 MEX 80 GUA HON
Synonyms: hidden
= Grusonia kellermanii (Rose) G.D.Rowley; Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 42 (2006)
= Pereskia scandens (Britton & Rose) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 3, 369 (1930)
= Pereskiopsis scandens Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 4: 252 (1923)
species :
Pereskiopsis porteri (Brandegee ex F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 332 (1907)
Name: Alcahuesar, Alcajer, Alcajes, Rajamatraca, Rosa Amarilla, Xoconoxtle
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Durango, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Grusonia porteri (Brandegee ex F.A.C.Weber) G.D.Rowley; Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 42 (2006)
= Opuntia brandegeei K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 653 (1898), nom. superfl.
= Opuntia porteri Brandegee ex F.A.C.Weber; Dict. Hort. [Bois] 899 (1898) (non (DC.) K. Schum. 1898)
= Opuntia rotundifolia Brandegee; Zoe 2: 21 (1891) (non (DC.) K. Schum. 1898)
= Pereskiopsis brandegeei (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 331 (1907)
= Pereskiopsis gatesii E.M.Baxter; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 3: 133 (1932)
species :
Pereskiopsis rotundifolia (A.DC.) Britton & Rose; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 333 (1907)
Name: Chapistle, Tzompahuiztle
Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Grusonia rotundifolia (A.DC.) G.D.Rowley; Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 43 (2006)
= Opuntia chapistle F.A.C.Weber; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 388 (1904)
= Opuntia rotundifolia (A.DC.) K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 1: 652 (1898) (non Brandegee ex F. A. C. Weber 1898)
= Pereskia rotundifolia A.DC.; Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 77. t. 20 (1828)
= Pereskiopsis chapistle (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 331 (1907)
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