Taxon:
Tephrocactus articulatus (Pfeiff.) Backeb.
Summary
Place of publication:
Cactus 38:249. 1953
Verified:
08/27/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family
- 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
- Henderson, L. 2015. Karoo invasion: prevention is better than cure. S. African Pl. Invaders Atlas Newslett. 35:4.
- Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. URL: http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: = Opuntia articulatus (Pfeiff.) D. R. Hunt
- Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
English
paper cactus – paper-spine cholla – paper-spine-pear – spruce-cones – Swedish
ledopuntia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Catamarca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Córdoba | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | La Rioja | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Mendoza | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Salta | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | San Juan | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | San Luis | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Santiago del Estero | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Northern Cape | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
Native
Southern America
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Córdoba, Mendoza, Catamarca, La Rioja, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santiago del Estero]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | as Opuntia articulata | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: lists as Opuntia articulata Pfeiff. ex Otto |