Opuntia stapeliae

Opuntia stapeliae DC. ()
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🌡 Published in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 117 (1828)
Etymology

For the similarity in growth habit (“except for the spines”) to Stapelia caespitosa (= Duvalia caespitosa). Compare Opuntia kleiniae (= Cylindropuntia kleiniae) from the same publication and Tephrocactus duvalioides (= Cumulopuntia boliviana subsp. dactylifera).

Opuntia stapeliae is a synonym of Cylindropuntia tunicata. Christian Heß included this species (as Opuntia tunicata) in his Opuntia sect. Stapeliaster (1846).

Cylindropuntia tunicata. Image credit: Luis Miguel Bugallo SΓ‘nchez (Lmbuga) / CC BY-SA 3.0
Duvalia caespitosa. Image credit: Francis Masson

How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jun 07). Opuntia stapeliae. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/opuntia-stapeliae