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407.0000 Family Cactaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 310 (1789), nom. cons.
ca. 140-170 genera (circumscription still very much in flux), ca. 1700-1800 spp. Latest phylogeny: de Vos et al. (2025). There has been excessive splitting, leading to over 3000 species in some collectors view. 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: 1840; hybrids: 80
= 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)
407.3202 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, Michoacán, Nayarit, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, 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, Michoacán)
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, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Querétaro, 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, Yucatán); 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; Zoë 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, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro)
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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