Cactaceae

Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth

First published in Nye kaktusbog: 35, 102 (1930)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is SW. & Central U.S.A. to Venezuela, Caribbean.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, California, Colombia, Colorado, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Kansas, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Botswana, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile North, Ecuador, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Namibia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Peru, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, South Australia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Victoria, Western Australia, Zimbabwe

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

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Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0