Consolea

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Consolea
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Consolea spinosissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Opuntieae
Genus: Consolea
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Species

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Consolea is a genus of cactus, named after Italian botanist Michelangelo Console. Members of the genus are native to the West Indies and Florida in the United States. Members of this genus consist of trees up to 10 m in height; they are dioecious or subdioecious.[1]

Accepted species

As of November 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted 10 species:[2]

Image Scientific name Distribution Conservation status
Consolea acaulis (Ekman & Werderm) F.M.Knuth Hispaniola (Haiti) NE
File:Consolea corallicola 2.jpg Consolea corallicola Small Little Torch Key and Swan Key in the Florida Keys CR[3]
File:Consolea falcata pm.jpg Consolea falcata (Ekman & Werderm) F.M.Knuth Hispaniola (Haiti) CR[4]
File:Consolea macracantha (Monaco) 1.jpg Consolea macracantha (Griseb.) A.Berger Cuba LC[5]
File:Consolea millspaughii.jpg Consolea millspaughii (Britton) A.Berger Cuba, The Bahamas, Cayman Islands LC[6]
File:Consolea moniliformis (14029811758).jpg Consolea moniliformis (L.) A.Berger Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti), Puerto Rico (Mona Island, Culebra, Desecheo Island) LC[7]
File:Opuntia nashii 1zz.jpg Consolea nashii (Britton) A.Berger Cuba, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands LC[8]
File:Consolea picardae in Hollywood, Florida USA 2014 (13454185194).jpg Consolea picardae (Urb.) Areces Southern and eastern Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti) DD[9]
File:Consolea rubescens-IMG 1944.jpg Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck. ex DC.) Lem. Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles (from Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Tobago) LC[10]
File:仙人掌-多刺團扇 Consolea spinosissima -悉尼植物園 Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney- (46406844952).jpg Consolea spinosissima (Mill.) Lem. Jamaica EN[11]
Consolea testudinis-crus (F.A.C.Weber) Mottram & Hoxey Hispaniola (Haiti) NE

References

  1. Majure, Lucas C.; Barrios, Duniel; Díaz, Edgardo; Zumwalde, Bethany A.; Testo, Weston; Negrón-Ortíz, Vivian (2021). "Pleistocene aridification underlies the evolutionary history of the Caribbean endemic, insular, giant Consolea (Opuntioideae)". American Journal of Botany. 108 (2): 200–215. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1610. PMID 33598914. S2CID 231953784.
  2. Consolea in The Plant List
  3. Negrón-Ortiz, V., Griffith, P. & Maschinski, J. 2013. Consolea corallicola. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T16329591A16329597. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T16329591A16329597.en. Accessed on 24 March 2022
  4. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2013. Consolea falcata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T16329998A16330002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T16329998A16330002.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  5. Barrios, D., González Torres, L.R. & Taylor, N.P. 2017. Consolea macracantha (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T151958A121451631. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151958A121451631.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  6. Griffith, P., Negrón-Ortiz, V., Barrios, D. & González Torres, L.R. 2017. Consolea millspaughii (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330045A121497753. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330045A121497753.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  7. Negrón-Ortiz, V., Griffith, P., Taylor, N.P., González Torres, L.R. & Barrios, D. 2017. Consolea moniliformis (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T151754A121442124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151754A121442124.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  8. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea nashii (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330194A121497872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330194A121497872.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  9. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea picardae (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330409A121497988. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330409A121497988.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  10. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea rubescens (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16331022A121498109. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16331022A121498109.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  11. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2013. Consolea spinosissima. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T151874A571255. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T151874A571255.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.