Cactaceae
Cylindropuntia

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M.Knuth

First published in Nye kaktusbog: 131 (1930)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Oklahoma to Mexico. It is a succulent subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Introduced into:

Cape Provinces, Northern Provinces, Spain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.2436/20.1502.01.2. epublication.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Opuntia leptocaulis var. longispina K:SPC-73421.000 No
Hernandez et al [1839] Mexico Opuntia leptocaulis K000062543 No
Wright [0] United States Opuntia leptocaulis K000100826 No
Drummond [0] United States Opuntia leptocaulis K000100827 No
Wynd [750] Mexico Opuntia leptocaulis K000062542 No
Nelson [1935] United States Opuntia leptocaulis K000100832 No
Brown, E., N. [0] Opuntia leptocaulis K000100995 No
Lindheimer [828] United States Opuntia leptocaulis K000100831 No
Wright [0] United States Opuntia leptocaulis K000100828 No
Sheldon [0] Mexico Opuntia leptocaulis K000062540 No
Palmer [99p.p.] Mexico Opuntia leptocaulis K000062544 No
Glen [3772] Opuntia leptocaulis K000100093 No
Nelson [2057] United States Opuntia leptocaulis K000100833 No
Lindheimer, F. [244] United States Opuntia leptocaulis K000100835 Type Yes
Green Win [20] United States Opuntia leptocaulis K000100834 No
Palmer [12090] United States Opuntia leptocaulis K000100830 No
Plotz [0] Mexico Opuntia leptocaulis K000100836 Unknown Type Material Yes
Vasey [0] United States Opuntia leptocaulis K000100829 No
Brown, E., N. [0] Opuntia leptocaulis K000100996 No
Hall [232] United States Opuntia leptocaulis K000100825 No
Martinez et al [136] Mexico Opuntia leptocaulis K000062541 No
Matthew [0] Opuntia leptocaulis K000275274 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Opuntia leptocaulis K000100837 Unknown Type Material Yes
[0] Opuntia leptocaulis K000100994 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images