Cactaceae
Consolea

Consolea macracantha (Griseb.) A.Berger

First published in Entwicklungslin. Kakt.: 94 (1926)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Florida (Keys) to Bahamas and Cuba, Cayman Islands. It is a succulent shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Florida, Turks-Caicos Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • A. Berger, Entwickl. Kakteen 94 (1926).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Hunt, D. (2016). CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1-174. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wright [2625] Cuba Opuntia macracantha K000100696 Yes
Ekman [2926] Cuba Opuntia macracantha K000100697 Yes
Ekman [10834] Haiti Opuntia nashii K000100702 No
[471] Bahamas, The Opuntia nashii K000100701 No
Northrop, I., J.; Northrop [652] Bahamas, The Opuntia nashii K000100700 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images