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Opuntia sulphurea

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Internal ID UUID64405ac2021e3474905768
Scientific name Opuntia sulphurea
Authority Gillies ex Salm-Dyck
First published in Hort. Dyck.: 360. 1834.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Opuntia maelenii Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 46. 1845.
Opuntia maculacantha C.F.Först. in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 166. 1861.
Opuntia hildemanii Frič in Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 42: 377. 1927.
Opuntia sericea G.Don ex Salm-Dyck Hort. Dyck.: 363. 1834.
Opuntia brachyacantha (F.Ritter) R.Crook & Mottram in Bradleya 13: 115. 1995.
Opuntia coerulea Gillies ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 155. 1837.
Opuntia sulphurea var. hildemanii (Frič) Backeb. Cactaceae 1: 413. 1958.
Platyopuntia brachyacantha F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 2: 501. 1980.
Platyopuntia spinibarbis F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 2: 499. 1980.
Opuntia sulphurea subsp. brachyacantha (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves in Succulenta (Netherlands) 74(3): 133. 1995.
Opuntia sulphurea subsp. spinibarbis (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves in Succulenta (Netherlands) 74(3): 133. 1995.
Opuntia vulpina F.A.C.Weber Dict. Hort. 2: 895. 1898.
Opuntia pampeana Speg. Contr. Fl. Sierra Vent.: 30. 1896.
Opuntia sericea var. longispina Salm-Dyck Hort. Dyck.: 363. 1834.
Opuntia sericea var. maelenii Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 67. 1850.
Opuntia sulphurea subsp. vulpina (F.A.C.Weber) Guiggi in Cactology 3: 11. 2012.
Opuntia sulphurea var. laevior Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 67. 1850.
Opuntia sulphurea var. major Monv. ex Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 71. 1839.
Opuntia sulphurea var. pallidior Monv. ex Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 71. 1839.
Opuntia sulphurea var. pampeana (Speg.) Backeb. Cactaceae 1: 414. 1958.
Platyopuntia spinibarbis var. grandiflora F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 2: 500. 1980.
Opuntia albisetosa Hildm. ex Hirscht in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 10: 48. 1900.
Platyopuntia sulphurea (Gillies ex Loudon) F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 2: 407. 1980.
Cactus sulphureus Gillies ex Loudon Hort. Brit.: 196. 1830.

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Language Common/alternative name
Spanish opuntia maculacantha
Spanish opuntia vulpina
German opuntia maculacantha

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  • Southern America
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001289360
Tropicos 5107280
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:175589-2
The Plant List tro-5107280
Open Tree Of Life 1005748
Observations.org 425700
NCBI Taxonomy 1041271
IUCN Red List 152651
IPNI 175589-2
iNaturalist 441434
GBIF 7283247
EOL 5178180
Elurikkus 582534
USDA GRIN 25873
Wikipedia Opuntia_sulphurea

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Investigating the phylogenetic history of toxin tolerance in mushroom‐feeding Drosophila Erlenbach T, Haynes L, Fish O, Beveridge J, Giambrone S, Reed LK, Dyer KA, Scott Chialvo CH Ecol Evol 13-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10719611
doi:10.1002/ece3.10736
PMID:38099137
More than a spiny morphology: plastome variation in the prickly pear cacti (Opuntieae) Köhler M, Reginato M, Jin JJ, Majure LC Ann Bot 19-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10799996
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad098
PMID:37467174
Phenological mismatches and the demography of solitary bees Vázquez DP, Vitale N, Dorado J, Amico G, Stevani EL Proc Biol Sci 11-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9832571
doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.1847
PMID:36629108
Ortholog genes from cactophilic Drosophila provide insight into human adaptation to hallucinogenic cacti Padró J, De Panis DN, Luisi P, Dopazo H, Szajnman S, Hasson E, Soto IM Sci Rep 01-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9343604
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-17118-x
PMID:35915153
Transcriptional responses are oriented towards different components of the rearing environment in two Drosophila sibling species De Panis D, Dopazo H, Bongcam-Rudloff E, Conesa A, Hasson E BMC Genomics 16-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9288027
doi:10.1186/s12864-022-08745-9
PMID:35840900
Effectiveness of Two Universal Angiosperm Probe Sets Tested In Silico for Caryophyllids Taxa with Emphasis on Cacti Species Chincoya DA, Solórzano S Genes (Basel) 24-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC9032312
doi:10.3390/genes13040570
PMID:35456376
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Opuntia sulphurea (Cactaceae) Chen J, Zhang S, Tang W, Du X, Yuan Y, Wu S Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 10-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8843126
doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2035837
PMID:35174291
Native and exotic plants with edible fleshy fruits utilized in Patagonia and their role as sources of local functional foods Chamorro MF, Ladio A BMC Complement Med Ther 24-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7246002
doi:10.1186/s12906-020-02952-1
PMID:32448223
Flower diversity and bee reproduction in an arid ecosystem Dorado J, Vázquez DP PeerJ 26-Jul-2016
PMCID:PMC4974926
doi:10.7717/peerj.2250
PMID:27547556
Contrasting Plasticity in Ovariole Number Induced by A Dietary Effect of the Host Plants between Cactophilic Drosophila Species Peluso D, Soto EM, Kreiman L, Hasson E, Mensch J Insects 21-May-2016
PMCID:PMC4931433
doi:10.3390/insects7020021
PMID:27213456
Extrafloral nectar fuels ant life in deserts Aranda-Rickert A, Diez P, Marazzi B AoB Plants 07-Nov-2014
PMCID:PMC4262941
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plu068
PMID:25381258
Differences in Tolerance to Host Cactus Alkaloids in Drosophila koepferae and D. buzzatii Soto IM, Carreira VP, Corio C, Padró J, Soto EM, Hasson E PLoS One 10-Feb-2014
PMCID:PMC3919786
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088370
PMID:24520377
The Importance of Pollinator Generalization and Abundance for the Reproductive Success of a Generalist Plant Maldonado MB, Lomáscolo SB, Vázquez DP PLoS One 07-Oct-2013
PMCID:PMC3792141
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075482
PMID:24116049
Co-occurrence Patterns along a Regional Aridity Gradient of the Subtropical Andes Do Not Support Stress Gradient Hypotheses López RP, Valdivia S, Rivera ML, Rios RS PLoS One 07-Mar-2013
PMCID:PMC3591305
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058518
PMID:23505527
Ethnobotanical knowledge in rural communities of Cordoba (Argentina): the importance of cultural and biogeographical factors Toledo BA, Galetto L, Colantonio S J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Dec-2009
PMCID:PMC2804588
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-5-40
PMID:20003502

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