Biology:Consolea

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Short description: Genus of cacti

Consolea
Opuntia24 filtered.jpg
Consolea spinosissima
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Opuntieae
Genus: Consolea
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Species

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Consolea is a genus of cactus, named after Italian botanist Michelangelo Console. Members of the genus are native to the West Indies and Florida in the United States . Members of this genus consist of trees up to 10 m in height; they are dioecious or subdioecious.[1]

Accepted species

(As of November 2022), Plants of the World Online accepted 10 species:[2]

Image Scientific name Distribution Conservation status
Consolea acaulis (Ekman & Werderm) F.M.Knuth Hispaniola (Haiti) NE
Consolea corallicola 2.jpg Consolea corallicola Small Little Torch Key and Swan Key in the Florida Keys CR[3]
Consolea falcata pm.jpg Consolea falcata (Ekman & Werderm) F.M.Knuth Hispaniola (Haiti) CR[4]
Consolea macracantha (Monaco) 1.jpg Consolea macracantha (Griseb.) A.Berger Cuba LC[5]
Consolea millspaughii.jpg Consolea millspaughii (Britton) A.Berger Cuba, The Bahamas, Cayman Islands LC[6]
Consolea moniliformis (14029811758).jpg Consolea moniliformis (L.) A.Berger Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti), Puerto Rico (Mona Island, Culebra, Desecheo Island) LC[7]
Opuntia nashii 1zz.jpg Consolea nashii (Britton) A.Berger Cuba, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands LC[8]
Consolea picardae in Hollywood, Florida USA 2014 (13454185194).jpg Consolea picardae (Urb.) Areces Southern and eastern Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti) DD[9]
Consolea rubescens-IMG 1944.jpg Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck. ex DC.) Lem. Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles (from Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Tobago) LC[10]
仙人掌-多刺團扇 Consolea spinosissima -悉尼植物園 Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney- (46406844952).jpg Consolea spinosissima (Mill.) Lem. Jamaica EN[11]
Consolea testudinis-crus (F.A.C.Weber) Mottram & Hoxey Hispaniola (Haiti) NE

References

  1. Majure, Lucas C.; Barrios, Duniel; Díaz, Edgardo; Zumwalde, Bethany A.; Testo, Weston; Negrón‐Ortíz, Vivian (2021). "Pleistocene aridification underlies the evolutionary history of the Caribbean endemic, insular, giant Consolea (Opuntioideae)". American Journal of Botany 108 (2): 200–215. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1610. PMID 33598914. 
  2. Consolea in The Plant List
  3. Negrón-Ortiz, V., Griffith, P. & Maschinski, J. 2013. Consolea corallicola. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T16329591A16329597. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T16329591A16329597.en. Accessed on 24 March 2022
  4. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2013. Consolea falcata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T16329998A16330002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T16329998A16330002.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  5. Barrios, D., González Torres, L.R. & Taylor, N.P. 2017. Consolea macracantha (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T151958A121451631. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151958A121451631.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  6. Griffith, P., Negrón-Ortiz, V., Barrios, D. & González Torres, L.R. 2017. Consolea millspaughii (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330045A121497753. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330045A121497753.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  7. Negrón-Ortiz, V., Griffith, P., Taylor, N.P., González Torres, L.R. & Barrios, D. 2017. Consolea moniliformis (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T151754A121442124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151754A121442124.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  8. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea nashii (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330194A121497872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330194A121497872.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  9. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea picardae (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330409A121497988. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330409A121497988.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  10. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea rubescens (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16331022A121498109. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16331022A121498109.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  11. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2013. Consolea spinosissima. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T151874A571255. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T151874A571255.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.

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