Consolea

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Consolea
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Consolea spinosissima
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Opuntieae
Genus: Consolea
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Species

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Consolea is a genus of cactus, named after Italian botanist Michelangelo Console. Members of the genus are native to the West Indies and Florida in the United States. Members of this genus consist of trees up to 10 m in height; they are dioecious or subdioecious. [1]

Accepted species

As of November 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted 10 species: [2]

ImageScientific nameDistributionConservation status
Consolea acaulis (Ekman & Werderm) F.M.Knuth Hispaniola (Haiti)NE
Consolea corallicola 2.jpg Consolea corallicola Small Little Torch Key and Swan Key in the Florida Keys CR [3]
Consolea falcata pm.jpg Consolea falcata (Ekman & Werderm) F.M.KnuthHispaniola (Haiti)CR [4]
Consolea macracantha (Monaco) 1.jpg Consolea macracantha (Griseb.) A.Berger Cuba LC [5]
Consolea millspaughii.jpg Consolea millspaughii (Britton) A.BergerCuba, The Bahamas, Cayman Islands LC [6]
Consolea moniliformis (14029811758).jpg Consolea moniliformis (L.) A.BergerCuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti), Puerto Rico (Mona Island, Culebra, Desecheo Island)LC [7]
Opuntia nashii 1zz.jpg Consolea nashii (Britton) A.BergerCuba, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands LC [8]
Consolea picardae in Hollywood, Florida USA 2014 (13454185194).jpg Consolea picardae (Urb.) ArecesSouthern and eastern Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)DD [9]
Consolea rubescens-IMG 1944.jpg Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck. ex DC.) Lem. Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles (from Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Tobago)LC [10]
Xian Ren Zhang -Duo Ci Tuan Shan Consolea spinosissima -Xi Ni Zhi Wu Yuan Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney- (46406844952).jpg Consolea spinosissima (Mill.) Lem. Jamaica EN [11]
Consolea testudinis-crus (F.A.C.Weber) Mottram & HoxeyHispaniola (Haiti)NE

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  4. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2013. Consolea falcata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T16329998A16330002. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T16329998A16330002.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  5. Barrios, D., González Torres, L.R. & Taylor, N.P. 2017. Consolea macracantha (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T151958A121451631. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151958A121451631.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  6. Griffith, P., Negrón-Ortiz, V., Barrios, D. & González Torres, L.R. 2017. Consolea millspaughii (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330045A121497753. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330045A121497753.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
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  8. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea nashii (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330194A121497872. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330194A121497872.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  9. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea picardae (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330409A121497988. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330409A121497988.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  10. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea rubescens (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16331022A121498109. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16331022A121498109.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  11. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2013. Consolea spinosissima. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T151874A571255. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T151874A571255.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.