Biology:Opuntia quimilo
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| Opuntia quimilo at the Jardin botanique de Lyon, in France. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Genus: | Opuntia |
| Species: | O. quimilo
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Opuntia quimilo is a tree cactus and flowering plant species belonging to the Cactaceae family. It is found in north-central Argentina and is widespread in Bolivia.[3]
Description
Ecology
It is pollinated by bees of the genera: Arhysosage, Augochloropsis, Megachile, Lithurgus, Xylocopa, Tetrapedia, Melipona and the species Ptilothrix tricolor, Diadasia patagonica, Bombus morio, Apis mellifera and Polybia ignobilis. It is also pollinated by hummingbird species Heliomaster furcifer and Chlorostilbon lucidus.[4]
It is assessed as "Least Concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List.[1]
Taxonomy
Opuntia quimilo was described by Karl Moritz Schumann and published in Gesamtbeschreibung der Kakteen 746. 1898.[2][5]
Etymology
Opuntia: generic name coming from the Greek used by Pliny the Elder for a plant that grew around the city of Opus in Greece.[6]
quimilo: epithet derived from the common name "quimilo" used by locals to describe the species.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oakley, L.; Pin, A. (2017). "Opuntia quimilo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T152688A121604809.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/152688/121604809.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 K. Schum. (1898). In: Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 3(2): 107.
- ↑ "Opuntia quimilo". https://cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus=Opuntia&species=quimilo.
- ↑ Díaz, L.; Cocucci, A. A. (September 2003). "Functional Gynodioecy in Opuntia quimilo (Cactaceae), a Tree Cactus Pollinated by Bees and Hummingbirds". Plant Biology 5 (5): 531–539. doi:10.1055/s-2003-44783. ISSN 1435-8603. Bibcode: 2003PlBio...5..531D. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1055/s-2003-44783.
- ↑ "Opuntia quimilo". Missouri Botanical Garden. https://www.tropicos.org/name/5106736.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Page O". http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageO.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q2027684 entry
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