Family Cactaceae Tribe Opuntieae Scientific name Brasiliopuntia Rank Genus | Species B. brasiliensis Higher classification Opuntioideae | |
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Similar Cactus, Consolea, Tacinga, Brasilicereus, Austrocylindropuntia | ||
Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis cactus with yellow flowers and buds june 2015
Brasiliopuntia is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae. It contains only one species, Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis.
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- Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis cactus with yellow flowers and buds june 2015
- How to re pot a 6ft tall and awkward cactus brasiliopuntia brasiliensis
- Description
- Systematics
- Species list
- References
It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, eastern Bolivia, Peru and northern Argentina, and has become naturalized in Florida among other places.
How to re pot a 6ft tall and awkward cactus brasiliopuntia brasiliensis
Description
Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis shows thin, slightly shrunken cladodes on a central cylindrical trunk. The leaves are bright green.
White areoles bear one or two small brown upright spines.
Light brown flowers appear only on adult plants.
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.
Species list
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