Cylindropuntia imbricata

Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Magnoliophyta
Classis: Magnoliopsida
Ordo: Caryophyllales
Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Cylindropuntieae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
Species: Cylindropuntia imbricata
Subspecies: C. i. subsp. argentea - C. i. subsp. cardenche - C. i. subsp. imbricata - C. i. subsp. lloydii

Name

Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC (C.Backeberg and F.M.Knuth) 125. 1935.

Synonyms

Basionym

* Cereus imbricatus Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ., 70. 1819.

Homotypic

* Grusonia imbricata (Haw.) G.D.Rowley, Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 44. 2006.
* Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC., Prodr. (de Candolle) 3: 471. 1828.

Hybrids

* Cylindropuntia ×viridiflora (Britton & Rose) F.M.Knuth

References

* The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet. 2009 Dec 10 [1].
* Flora of North America (2008). 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Dec 10 [2].

Vernacular names
English: Tree cholla
Svenska: Indianopuntia