Biology:Cumulopuntia

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Short description: Genus of cacti

Cumulopuntia
Cumulopuntia sphaerica3.jpg
Cumulopuntia sphaerica
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Austrocylindropuntieae
Genus: Cumulopuntia
F.Ritter 1980.
Type species
Cumulopuntia boliviana
Synonyms

Sphaeropuntia Guiggi 2012.

Cumulopuntia is a genus of cactus (family Cactaceae). This is a poorly defined genus, with constant change to what species fall under it and whether it should even be a separate genus from Opuntia, which it is often interchanged with. It was defined by Friedrich Ritter in 1980 by redefining multiple species in Tephrocactus and Opuntia. Still more work needs to be done to circumscribe Cumulopuntia as it stands.[1]

Species list

(As of February 2023), Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[2]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Cumulopuntia boliviana 01.jpg Cumulopuntia boliviana (Salm-Dyck) F.Ritter Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru
Tephrocactus ferocior.jpg Cumulopuntia chichensis (Cárdenas) E.F.Anderson Argentina, Bolivia
Cumulopuntia corotilla (K.Schum. ex Vaupel) E.F.Anderson Peru
Cumulopuntia dimorpha (C.F.Först.) A.Pauca & Quip. Peru.
Cumulopuntia flexibilispina Hoxey & M.Lowry Bolivia
Cumulopuntia glomerata (Pfeiff.) Hoxey Peru
Cumulopuntia ignota (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter ex D.R.Hunt Peru
Cumulopuntia iturbicola G.J.Charles Argentina (Jujuy)
Cumulopuntia leucophaea 175140410.jpg Cumulopuntia leucophaea (Phil.) Hoxey Chile, Peru
Cumulopuntia rossiana 2020-02-08 7613.jpg Cumulopuntia rossiana (Heinrich & Backeb.) F.Ritter Argentina, Bolivia, Peru
Cumulopuntia sphaerica (8416334114).jpg Cumulopuntia sphaerica (C.F.Först.) E.F.Anderson Peru
Maihueniopsis subterranea3 ies.jpg Cumulopuntia subterranea (R.E.Fr.) F.Ritter Argentina, Bolivia
Cumulopuntia unguispina (Backeb.) F.Ritter ex A.Pauca & Quip. Peru
Cumulopuntia zehnderi (Rauh & Backeb.) F.Ritter Peru

References

Wikidata ☰ Q310599 entry