Consolea spinosissima (Mill.) Lem. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Consolea

Family:

Cactaceae

Subfamily:

Opuntioideae

Tribe:

Opuntieae

Nomen number:

418708

Place of publication:

Rev. Hort. (Paris) 1862:174. 1862

Verified:

08/29/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Opuntia spinosissima Mill.

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Conservation Status

CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).

Reference(s)

Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family 173.
Areces-Mallea, A. E. 2001. A new opuntioid cactus from the Caymen Islands, B.W.I., with a discussion and key to the genus Consolea Lemaire. Brittonia 53:105.
CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Hunt, D. et al., eds. 2006. The new cactus lexicon

Common names

English
semaphore cactus –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Virgin Islands, U.S.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (British)

Native
Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Jamaica, United States [Virgin Islands, U.S.], Virgin Islands (British)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=418708. Accessed 29 April 2025.

Taxon: Consolea spinosissima (Mill.) Lem.