Brasiliopuntia

Brasiliopuntia is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae.[2] It contains only one species, Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis.

Brasiliopuntia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Opuntieae
Genus: Brasiliopuntia
(K.Schum.) A.Berger
Species:
B. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis
(Willd.) A.Berger
Synonyms

Cactus brasiliensis Willd.

It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, eastern Bolivia, Peru and northern Argentina, and has become naturalized in Florida among other places.[3]

Description

Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis shows thin, slightly shrunken cladodes on a central cylindrical trunk. The leaves are bright green. Its white areoles bear one or two small brown upright spines. Its light brown flowers appear only on adult plants.

Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis

Systematics

Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis was placed in the genus Opuntia when the very broad genus Cactus was dismembered. The distinctive features of the species were recognized by Karl Schumann in 1898 when he created a subgenus Brasiliopuntia within the genus Opuntia. In 1926 Alwin Berger completed the separation from Opuntia by raising Brasiliopuntia to a full genus. A number of species have been described in the past, but are now considered only to be variants of B. brasiliensis.[3]

Species list
  • Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis (Willdenow) A. Berger

Synonyms:

  • Cactus brasiliensis Willdenow
  • Opuntia brasiliensis (Willdenow) Haworth
  • Opuntia bahiensis Britton & Rose
  • Brasilopuntia bahiensis (Britton & Rose) A. Berger
  • Opuntia schulzii A. Castellanos & Lelong
  • Brasilopuntia neoargentina Backeberg
  • Brasilopuntia schulzii (A. Castellanos & Lelong) Backeberg
  • Brasilopuntia subcarpa Rizzini & A. Mattos

References
  1. Taylor, N.P., Machado, M., Zappi, D., Braun, P., Oakley, L., Pin, A. & Ostalaza, C. (2017). "Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T46517A121439029. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T46517A121439029.en. Retrieved August 21, 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Brasiliopuntia (K.Schum.) A.Berger". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  3. Anderson, Edward F. (2001), The Cactus Family, Pentland, Oregon: Timber Press, ISBN 978-0-88192-498-5, pp. 132–133

Bibliography
  • Innes C, Wall B (1995). Cacti Succulents and Bromaliads. Cassell & The Royal Horticultural Society.


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