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 (upper left) | |
| 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 (Monv.) F.Ritter | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
Taxon identifiers | |
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| Miqueliopuntia |
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| Miqueliopuntia miquelii |
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