Consolea macracantha

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Opuntieae
Genus: Consolea
Species:

Consolea macracantha (Griseb.) A.Berger, Entwicklungslin. Kakt.: 94. (1926)

• Basionym
  • Opuntia macracantha Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 116 (1866)
• Heterotypic
  • Consolea corallicola Small in Addisonia 15: 25 (1930)
  • Consolea macracantha subsp. nashii (Britton) Guiggi in Cactology 1: 23 (2007)
  • Consolea millspaughii (Britton) A.Berger in Entwicklungslin. Kakt.: 94 (1926)
  • Consolea millspaughii subsp. caymanensis Areces in Brittonia 53: 100 (2001)
  • Consolea millspaughii subsp. corallicola (Small) Majure in Willdenowia 51: 264 (2021)
  • Consolea nashii (Britton) A.Berger in Entwicklungslin. Kakt.: 94 (1926)
  • Consolea nashii subsp. gibarensis Areces in Brittonia 48: 231 (1996)
  • Consolea spinosissima subsp. corallicola (Small) Guiggi in Cactology 3: 18 (2012)
  • Consolea spinosissima subsp. millspaughii (Britton) Guiggi in Cactology 1: 23 (2007)
  • Opuntia corallicola (Small) Werderm. in C.Backeberg, Neue Kakteen: 66 (1931)
  • Opuntia millspaughii Britton in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 513 (1908)
  • Opuntia nashii Britton in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 446 (1905)
  • Opuntia nashii subsp. gibarensis (Areces) Govaerts in World Checkl. Seed Pl. 3(1): 21 (1999)
    

Note: Synonymy sensu POWO (2025) & Hunt (2016) see CACO (2025) for a narrower circumscription.

• Berger, A. 1926. Entwicklungslinien der Kakteen: 94.

• 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. 

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Consolea macracantha in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan 03. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Consolea macracantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Consolea macracantha. Published online. Accessed: Jan 03 2022. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Consolea macracantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Jan 2022. Reference page.

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