Miqueliopuntia

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Miqueliopuntia
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Miqueliopuntia miquelii (upper left)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Opuntieae
Genus: Miqueliopuntia
Fric ex F.Ritter
Species:
M. miquelii
Binomial name
Miqueliopuntia miquelii
Synonyms [1]
  • Austrocylindropuntia miquelii(Monv.) Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 13 (1942)
  • Cylindropuntia miquelii(Monv.) Backeb. (Nye kaktusbog: 131 (1930)
  • Opuntia miqueliiMonv., Hort. Universel 1: 218 (1839)
  • Austrocylindropuntia miquelii var. jilesiiBackeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 6 (1956 publ. 1957)
  • Miqueliopuntia miquelii f. flavaP.V.Heath, Calyx 6: 41 (1999)
  • Opuntia geisseiPhil., Anales Univ. Chile 85: 492 (1894)
  • Opuntia miquelii var. jilesii(Backeb.) G.D.Rowley, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 4 (1958)
  • Opuntia pulverulentaPfeiff., Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 407 (1840)
  • Opuntia rosifloraK.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 686 (1898)

Miqueliopuntia is a monotypic, genus of cactus in the Cactaceae family, containing a single species, Miqueliopuntia miquelii(Monv.) F.Ritter., which is native to the Chilean coasts of South America.

Both genus and species were published in Kakteen Südamerika vol.3 on page 869 in 1980. [1]

The genus name of Miqueliopuntia is in honour of Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811–1871), who was a Dutch botanist, whose main focus of study was on the flora of the Dutch East Indies. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Miqueliopuntia Frič ex F.Ritter | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.