Miqueliopuntia is a monotypic genus of cactus in the Cactaceae family, containing a single species, Miqueliopuntia miquelii (Monv.) F.Ritter., which is native to the Chilean coasts of South America.
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| Miqueliopuntia |
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| Miqueliopuntia miquelii |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Order: |
Caryophyllales |
| Family: |
Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: |
Opuntioideae |
| Tribe: |
Opuntieae |
| Genus: |
Miqueliopuntia
Fric ex F.Ritter |
| Species: |
M. miquelii |
| Binomial name |
Miqueliopuntia miquelii
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| Synonyms[1] |
- Austrocylindropuntia miquelii (Monv.) Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 13 (1942)
- Cylindropuntia miquelii (Monv.) Backeb. (Nye kaktusbog: 131 (1930)
- Opuntia miquelii Monv., Hort. Universel 1: 218 (1839)
- Austrocylindropuntia miquelii var. jilesii Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 6 (1956 publ. 1957)
- Miqueliopuntia miquelii f. flava P.V.Heath, Calyx 6: 41 (1999)
- Opuntia geissei Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 85: 492 (1894)
- Opuntia miquelii var. jilesii (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 4 (1958)
- Opuntia pulverulenta Pfeiff., Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 407 (1840)
- Opuntia rosiflora K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 686 (1898)
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Both genus and species were published in Kakteen Südamerika vol.3 on page 869 in 1980.[1]
The genus name of Miqueliopuntia is in honour of Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811–1871), who was a Dutch botanist, whose main focus of study was on the flora of the Dutch East Indies.[2]
