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Taxon:
Opuntia monacantha
Haw.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Opuntia
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Opuntioideae
Tribe:
Opuntieae
Nomen number:
25858
Place of publication:
Suppl. pl. succ. 81. 1819
Comment:
not based on
Cactus monacanthos
Willd.
Verified:
07/01/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cactus monacanthos
Willd.
Opuntia lemaireana
Console ex F. A. C. Weber
Opuntia vulgaris
Mill. var.
lemaireana
(Console ex F. A. C. Weber) Backeb.
Invalid Designation(s)
Opuntia vulgaris
auct. mult.
No images
Conservation Status
CITES.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
Reference(s)
Allan, H. H. B. et al.
1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
URL:
http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx
Note:
lists as
Opuntia monacantha
(Willd.) Haw.; =
O. vulgaris
Mill.
Anderson, E. F.
2001. The cactus family 508.
Note:
lists as
Opuntia monacantha
(Willd.) Haw.
Angely, J. A.
1965. Flora analitica do Parana.
Babu, C. R.
1977. Herbaceous flora of Dehra Dun.
Note:
=
Opuntia vulgaris
Mill.
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
1963-1968. Flora of Java.
Note:
=
Opuntia vulgaris
Mill.
Benson, L.
1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada 923.
Note:
=
Opuntia vulgaris
Mill.
Bosser, J. M. et al., eds.
1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
Note:
lists as
Opuntia monacantha
(Willd.) Haw.; =
O. vulgaris
Mill.
Cabrera, A. L., ed.
1965-1970. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires.
Note:
lists as
Opuntia monacantha
(Willd.) Haw.; =
O. vulgaris
Mill.
CITES.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord.
Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
URL:
http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
George, A. S., ed.
1980-. Flora of Australia.
Note:
lists as
Opuntia monacantha
(Willd.) Haw.; =
O. vulgaris
Mill.
Greuter, W. et al., eds.
1984-. Med-Checklist.
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Note:
lists as
Opuntia monacantha
(Willd.) Haw.; =
O. vulgaris
Mill.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hara, H. et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Note:
lists as
Opuntia monacantha
(Willd.) Haw.
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
1989-. Flora of Ethiopia
Note:
Eritrea added in 2000
Henderson, L.
2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Hunt, D.
1992. CITES Cactaceae checklist
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.hear.org/pier/index.html
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion.
2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
URL:
http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Note:
lists as
Opuntia monacantha
(Willd.) Haw.
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier).
1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
Note:
lists as
Opuntia monacantha
Willd.; =
O. vulgaris
Mill.
Leuenberger, B. E.
1993. Interpretation and typification of
Cactus opuntia
L.,
Opuntia vulgaris
Mill., and
O. humifusa
(Rafin.) Rafin. (Cactaceae). Taxon 42:427.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Note:
lists as
Opuntia monacantha
(Willd.) Haw.; =
O. vulgaris
Mill.
Merrill, E. D.
1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
Mouterde, P.
1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson.
1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
Note:
=
Opuntia vulgaris
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Press, J. R. et al.
2000-. Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal (on-line resource)
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=110
Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson.
1976. Flora of Hassan district.
Note:
lists as
Opuntia monacantha
(Willd.) Haw.; =
O. vulgaris
Mill.
Taylor, N. & D. Zappi.
2004. Cacti of eastern Brazil
Taylor, N. P. et al.
2002. Realignment and revision of the Opuntioideae of Eastern Brazil. Succ. Pl. Res. 6:128.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Note:
lists as
Opuntia monacantha
(Willd.) Haw.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
cochineal prickly-pear –
Reference(s)
drooping prickly-pear –
Reference(s)
drooping tree-pear –
Reference(s)
smooth tree-pear –
Reference(s)
Afrikaans
luisiesturksvy –
Reference(s)
suurturksvy –
Reference(s)
German
gewöhnliche Opuntie –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
monducuru –
Reference(s)
urumbeba –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
arumbeva –
Reference(s)
cardo-palmático –
Reference(s)
palmatória –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Bahia
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Espírito Santo
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Minas Gerais
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Paraná
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Rio Grande do Sul
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Santa Catarina
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
São Paulo
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Sergipe
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
Buenos Aires
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
4
Naturalized
Africa
Macaronesia
Spain
Canary Islands
4
Naturalized
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
4
Naturalized
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
4
Naturalized
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Mauritius
4
Naturalized
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Reunion
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
China
China
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Lebanon
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Syria
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Jawa
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
4
Naturalized
Australasia
New Zealand
New Zealand
4
Naturalized
Europe
Southwestern Europe
France
incl. Corsica
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
New Caledonia
Native
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
[Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
[Buenos Aires]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Spain
[Canary Islands]
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Somalia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius
,
Reunion
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Lebanon
,
Syria
CHINA:
China
EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Jawa],
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
France
(incl. Corsica)
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
New Caledonia
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Note:
lists as
Opuntia monacantha
(Willd.) Haw.
Weed
fide F Aust, as
Opuntia vulgaris
; Econ Pl Aust, as
O. vulgaris
; Weeds SAfr 2001
Henderson, L.
2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Name
References