Cactaceae
Brasiliopuntia

Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) A.Berger

First published in Entwicklungslin. Kakt.: 17 (1926)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil to E. Peru and N. Argentina. It is a succulent tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Colombia, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Honduras

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.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  • Soller, A., Soffiatti, P., Calvente, A. & Goldenberg, R. (2014). Cactaceae no estado do Paraná, Brasil. Rodriguésia 65: 201-219.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Soller, A., Soffiatti, P., Calvente, A. & Goldenberg, R. (2014). Cactaceae no estado do Paraná, Brasil. Rodriguésia 65: 201-219.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1999 Zappi, D.C.; Amaral, M.C.E.; Costa, C.B.; Aona, L.; Bellinello, R. [354] Brazil K000542920 Yes
Laurenio, A.; Gomes, A.P.S.; Tscha, M.; Inacio, E. [198] Brazil K000004989 Yes
Lombardi [1446] Brazil K000100163 Yes
Bang, M. [2294] Bolivia K000251772 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [14866] Brazil K000251763 Yes
Miers [3848] Brazil K000251765 Yes
Woolston [1140] Paraguay K000251769 No
Woolston [1140] Paraguay K000251709 No
Woolston [1140] Paraguay K000251770 No
Taylor, N.P.; Zappi, D.C. [784] Brazil K000251767 Yes
Burchell [8212] Brazil K000251766 Yes
Queiroz, L.P.; Mayo, S.; Nadruz, M. [2923] Brazil K000004986 Yes
Woolston [0] K000251775 No
Schinini [28339] Argentina K000100114 No
Werdermann [2570] Bolivia K000251764 Yes
Williams [2463] Bolivia K000251773 No
Mattos-Silva, L.A.; Hage, J.L.; Ribeiro, A.J. [554] Brazil K000004988 Yes
Shafer [136] Paraguay K000251768 No
Erskine, C.M. [132] Brazil K:SPC-63761.000 No
Balansa [2501] Paraguay K000251771 No
Brina; Costa [BHCB 32769] Brazil K000100164 Yes
Santos, T.S. [350] Brazil K000004987 Yes
Zardini, E.M. [32762] Paraguay K000100303 No
Zardini, E.M. [29827] Paraguay K000100266 No
Klug [3906] Peru K000251774 No
Opuntia brasiliensis K:SPC-34653.000 No
LAUS Peru Opuntia brasiliensis K:SPC-53895.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; Pennington, R.T.; Daza, A. [17336] Peru Opuntia brasiliensis K000373032 No
Pennington, T.D.; Pennington, R.T.; Daza, A. [17336] Peru Opuntia brasiliensis K000373031 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0