External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60468179-2
- Species Name
- Cylindropuntia alcahes (F.A.C.Weber) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC [Backeb. & Knuth] 127 (1936).
- Publication
- Madrono; Journal of the California Botanical Society
- Collation
- 62(1): 47, fig. 1, map 2
- Date of Publication
- 12 Feb 2015
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Cactaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- J. P. Rebman et al. 1404
- Locality
- lava fields on the road to La Purísima
- Collection Date
- 24 May 1992
- Type Herbaria
- holotype ASU
isotype BCMEX
isotype DES
isotype HCIB - Latitude
- 26° 19' N
- Longitude
- 111° 58' W
- Distribution Of Types
- Baja California Sur (Mexico, Northern America)
Remarks
Etymology This new variety of Cylindropuntia alcahes is named with respect to its range of distribution, which is mainly in the Sierra de La Giganta on the eastern side of central BCS. Suggested English common name is La Giganta Cholla. doi:10.3120/0024-9637-62.1.46