Opuntia weingartiana

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Opuntia weingartiana Backeb.
Blätt. Kakteenf. 1935(8): [4] genus 10, subgen. IV-1-b, sp. 2 (fig.).
Family: CACTACEAE

= Austrocylindropuntia weingartiana (Backeb.) Backeb.
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 23: 14. 1951

Accepted Scientific Name: Austrocylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 23: 14. 1951

Origin and Habitat: Bolivia (Potosí, Tarija, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba), and Argentina (Jujuy).
Altitude range: 2700-3700 metres above sea level.
Type locality: Bolivia, above Tupiza, altitude c. 3000 m.
Habitat and ecology: Steep rocky slopes and small hill in valley bottom almost exclusively between or among shrubs.

Synonyms:

Austrocylindropuntia weingartiana (Backeb.) Backeb.

Cylindropuntia weingartiana Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
Opuntia weingartiana Backeb.

See all synonyms of Austrocylindropuntia shaferi

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Austrocylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 23: 14. 1951
Synonymy: 14

Austrocylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.

Austrocylindropuntia vestita var. shaferi (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter
Cylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
Opuntia shaferi Britton & Rose

Austrocylindropuntia shaferi var. humahuacana (Backeb.) R.Kiesling

Austrocylindropuntia humahuacana (Backeb.) Backeb.
Cylindropuntia humahuacana
Maihueniopsis shaferi var. humahuacana (Backeb.) R.Kiesling
Opuntia humahuacana (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia shaferi var. humahuacana (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley

Austrocylindropuntia weingartiana (Backeb.) Backeb.

Cylindropuntia weingartiana Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
Opuntia weingartiana Backeb.

Austrocylindropuntia weingartiana var. minor

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Common Names include:
SPANISH (Español): Cardoncito

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Austrocylindropuntia shaferi / vestita group

Austrocylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.: (var. shaferi) has some hairs on the juvenile growth only; spines up to 15, 10-50 mm long, usually reddish. Distribution: Argentina in Jujuy, and in Bolivia in Chuquisaca, Oruro, Potosí and Tarija.
Austrocylindropuntia shaferi var. humahuacana (Backeb.) R.Kiesling: has few, weak spines, up to 1 cm., usually whitish. Distribution: Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina.
Austrocylindropuntia vestita (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.: has steins completely covered with hairs; spines less than 15 mm long. Distribution: Argentina (Jujuy and Salta), and Bolivia (Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, La Paz, Potosi and Tarija).
Austrocylindropuntia vestita f. cristata: crested form.
Austrocylindropuntia weingartiana (Backeb.) Backeb.: A. weingartiana and A. shaferi are one and the same species.

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Curt Backeberg “Blätter für Kakteenforschung: Bulletin of actus research” 1935 (pt. 8, sine pag.): [4] genus 10, subgen. IV-1-b, sp. 2 (fig.). Type (not preserved): S. Bolivia, 3000 m., collector not stated.
2) Roberto Kiesling “The identity of Austrocylindropuntia weingartiana” The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain Volume 42(4): 109 -no (1980)
3) “Bradleya: Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society” The Society, 2005
4) Austrocylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb. in Cact. Succ. J. Amer. 23:14(1951).
5) Opuntia shaferi Britton & Rose, The Cact. 1: 72 (1919). Type: Argentina, Jujuy, between Purmamarca and Tumbaya, 6 Feb. 1917, Shafer 90 (US, holo.; K, iso.!).
6) Cylindropuntia shaferi (B. & R.) Backeb., in Backeb. & F. M. Knuth, "Kaktus-ABC"}, 119 (1935).
7) {{Cylindroptwtia weingartiana {Backch.) Backeb. in Backeb. & F. M. Knuth, "Kaktus-ABC", 119 (1935)
8) Austrocylindropuntia weingartiana (Backeb.) Backeb., in Cact. Succ. J. Amer. 23:14 (1951).

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