Consolea
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Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Opuntieae
Genus: Consolea
Species:
C. falcata –
C. intermedia –
C. microcarpa –
C. macracantha –
C. millspaughii –
C. moniliformis –
C. nashii –
C. picardae –
C. rubescens –
C. spinosissima –
C. testudinis-crus
Name
Consolea Lem., Rev. Hort. [Paris] 174. (1862)
- Type species: Consolea spinosissima Lem., Rev. Hort. [Paris] 174. (1862)
Synonyms
- Homotypic
- Opuntia sect. Consolea (Lem.) L.D.Benson, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46(2): 80. (1974)
- Opuntia sect. Consolea (Lem.) L.D.Benson, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46(2): 80. (1974)
Note: There is little or no agreement for the species circumscription - see references, but the above initially followed that used by Majure et al. (2021). It contains consensually accepted and disputed species.
References
Primary references
- Lemaire, C. 1862. Revue Horticole, 174.
Additional references
- Hunt, D. 2016. CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1-174. PDF Reference page.
- Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208
Reference page. - Majure, L.C., Barrios, D., Díaz, E., Zumwalde, B.A., Testo, W. & Negrón-Ortíz, V. 2021. Pleistocene aridification underlies the evolutionary history of the Caribbean endemic, insular, giant Consolea (Opuntioideae). American Journal of Botany 108(2): 200–215. DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1610 Reference page.
- Piñeyro, Y.E., Cinea, W. & Majure, L.C. 2023. Towards a Treatment for the Cactus Family (Cactaceae) on Hispaniola: Generic Key, Species Checklist, Nomenclature Assessments and Distribution Notes. Haseltonia 30(1): 67-95. DOI: 10.2985/026.030.0108
Reference page.
Links
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Consolea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 6. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2025. Consolea. Published online. Accessed: June 6 2025. Reference page.
- Hassler, M. 2021. Consolea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 11. Reference page.
- Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Consolea in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 03. Reference page.
- Tropicos.org 2025. Consolea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Sept. 2025. Reference page.
- USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Consolea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
Vernacular names
- مصرى: كونسوليا
- فارسی: کاکتوسهای کنسوله
