Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Opuntioideae
Name:
Opuntia galapageia Henslow Mag. Zool. and Bot. 1:467. 1837
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
See above.
Synonyms:
Opuntia helleri Schumann in Robinson Proc. Amer. Acad. 38:180. 1902
Opuntia insularis Stewart Proc. Calif. Acad. IV 1:113. 1911
Opuntia myriacantha Weber Dict. Hort. Bois. 894. 1898
Type:
Ecuador, Province Galapagos, James Island (San Salvador), common on Rocky grounds,
Oct. 1835, Darwin 3284 (CGE).
Type Locality:
James Island (San Salvador).
Distribution:
All islands of the Galapagos Archipelango.
Altitude:
Collection No:
Flowering:
Extra Info:
Hunt, Britton & Rose, Backeberg regarded this plant as a single species, while others
(e.g. Anderson & Walkington in Wiggins & Porter 1971, Flora of the Galapagos Islands
recognize six species with many varieties).
Compiler:
Rothe, Jürgen / de / 2019.12.04.
