Taxon:
Opuntia spinulifera Salm-Dyck
Summary
Place of publication:
Hort. dyck. 364. 1834
Verified:
08/28/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family 520.
- Backeberg, C. 1958. Die Cactaceae. 514.
- Backeberg, C. 1977. Das Kakteen Lexikon. 331.
- Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. 1978. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 331-333.
- Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 3:506.
- 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
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
- 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
- Henderson, M. et al. 1987. Declared weeds and alien invader plants in South Africa. Botanical Research Institute, bulletin 413
- 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
- Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1979-. Flora fanerogámica del Valle de México.
Common names
English
large round-leaf prickly-pear – saucepan cactus – Afrikaans
blouturksvy – groot rondeblaarturksvy – Spanish
nopal ardilla – nopal corriente – tuna blanca –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosí | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | México | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [San Luis Potosí]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Hidalgo, México]
Naturalized
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | fide Cactus Mex 3:506. 1991 | Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. 1978. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 332. |
Weed | | | 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 |