Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) F. M. Knuth

The differentiated studies of the family of the Cactaceae subfamily Opuntioideae Tribus Cylindropuntieae of the sections, series, hybrids, diverse groupings, led to controversial, confused results.

Die differenzierten Untersuchungen der Familie der Cactaceae Unterfamilie Opuntioideae Tribus Cylindropuntieae der Sektionen, Serien, Hybriden, diversen Gruppierungen, führten zu kontroversen, konfusen Resultaten.

Die vorliegenden Masterwerke von Engelmann, Britton & Rose, Knuth, Backeberg, Benson, Anderson, Pinkava, Hunt, verursachten, auch auf Grund der (bis heute) verfeinerten Methoden zahllreiche Interpretationen/Ergebnissen/Klassifikationen der Systematikgruppen.

The present masterpieces by Engelmann, Britton & Rose, Knuth, Backeberg, Benson, Anderson, Pinkava, Hunt, caused numerous interpretations/results/classifications of the systematic groups, also due to the (to date) refined methods.

**Subgenus Cylindropuntia (Engelmann) Knuth emend Backeberg**

Section Cylindraceae

Dc. Prodr. 3: 471, mid March, 1828.

Lectotype species designation Moran & Benson, Opuntia rosea D.C. loc. cit. and Mem. Hist. Nat. Paris 17: pl. 15, July 18, 1828.

Blütezeit. Februar - September.

Vorkommen. USA, Mexico, Karibik.

Strauchartig bis baumförmig, alte Individuen bilden einen verholzten Stamm, variabel verzweigt, Triebe bedornt, gehöckert, Areole, Glochide flexibel.

Shrubby to tree-shaped, old individuals form a woody trunk, variably branched, shoots thorned, humped, areoles and glochids flexible.

Blüten variabel, verschiedenfarbig.

Flowers variable, different colors.

Frucht variabel, zylindrisch, kugelförmig, keulenförmig, fleischig bis trocken, Samen hartwarzig.

Fruits variable, cylindrical, spherical, club-shaped, fleshy to dry, seeds hard and warty.

Zahlreiche fragwürdige Arten und Hybriden sind bekannt.

Numerous questionable species and hybrids are known.

Einge Arten sind winterhart oder frosthart.

Some species are hardy or frost hardy.

Weltweit in Kultur.

Cultivated all over the world.

Das Artepitheton lat. 'cylindros' bedeutet zylindrisch.

The epithet lat. 'cylindros' means cylindrical.

Serie Echinocarpae (Britton & Rose) L. Benson

Dry fruits, strong shoots longer than 2 cm.

Trockene Früchte, kräftig Triebe, über 2 cm.

Serie Ramosissima Britton & Rose

Type. USA. Callifornia. 'Gravely soil near the Colorado and in the desert', 1849-50. Parry.

Neotype.L. Bensosn. The Cactio of the US and Canada. 1982. 916. Mexico nw Sonora, Sierra Pala, Sept 1855. Schott. MO.

Stem nearly covered with flattened, platelike diamond-shaped to obovate tubercles.

Triebe fast bedeckt mit abgeflachten, rautenförmig bis obovaten Höckern.

Cylindropuntia ramosissima

Serie Leptocaules Britton & Rose

As Imbricatae but terminal branch segments < 1,2 mm diameter, tuberculate or not, spines not strongly barbed.

Buschige Arten mit sehr dünnen Triben, die Endglieder nur 4-15 mm stark, meist leicht abfallend, Blüten sehr klein, Dornen mit schwachen Widerhaken.

Cylindropuntia anteojoensis
Cylindropuntia arbuscula
Cylindropuntia caribaea
Cylindropuntia hystrix
Cylindropuntia kleiniae
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Cylindropuntia lindsayi
Cylindropuntia tesajo

Serie Bigelowianae Britton & Rose

Type. Opuntia bigelovii G. Engelmann Proc. Amer. Acad. 3: 307. 1856.

As Imbricatae, but larger branch segments 2,5 - 6 cm diameter, usually short, readily detached and abudantly vegedatively reproductive, spines usually straw-coloured.

Wie Imbricatae, aber größere Triebsegmente, 2,5 - 6 cm Durchmesser, gewöhnlich kurz, leicht abfallend und reichliche vegetative Vermehrung, Dornen strohfarben.

Cylindropuntia bigelovii
Cylindropuntia bigelovii ssp. ciribe

Serie Imbricatae Britton & Rose

Type. Not designated. Neotype.Hunt & Taylor. 2006. CSI 21: 6): Drawing by Duncanson of Cereus imbricatus. Received from Mr. Hitchen of Norwich in the year 1820.

Fruits fleshy at maturity (sometimes drying later during long persistence on the plant), spineless or rarely slightly spiny and the spines not strongly barbed; larger branch segments mostly 1,5-2,5 (-3) cm diameter firmly attached, often elongate, spines of various colours, often dark.

Reife Früchte fleischig (manchmal während langer Persistenz an der Pflanze trocknend), dornenlos oder selten leicht bedornt, Dornen nur mit schwachen Widerhaken, größere Triebsegmente meist 1,5-2,5 (-3) cm Durchmesser fest verbunden, oft länglich, Dornen verschiedene Farben, oft dunkel.

Cylindropuntia calmalliana
Cylindropuntia cholla
Cylindropuntia davisii
Cylindropuntia fulgida
Cylindropuntia fulgida ssp. mamillata
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Cylindropuntia imbricata ssp. argentea
Cylindropuntia molesta ssp. clavellina
Cylindropuntia molesta ssp. clavellina
Cylindropuntia munzii
Cylindropuntia prolifera
Cylindropuntia rosea
Cylindropuntia spinosior
Cylindropuntia thurberi
Cylindropuntia tunicata
Cylindropuntia versicolor
Cylindropuntia whipplei

Alphabetische Auflistung der Arten:

Cylindropuntia abyssi
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa ssp. coloradensis
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa ssp. major
Cylindropuntia alcahes
Cylindropuntia alcahes ssp. burrageana
Cylindropuntia alcahes ssp. gigantensis
Cylindropuntia alcahes ssp. mcgillii
Cylindropuntia anteojoensis
Cylindropuntia arbuscula
Cylindropuntia bigelovii
Cylindropuntia bigelovii ssp. ciribe
Cylindropuntia californica
Cylindropuntia californica ssp. rosarica
Cylindropuntia californica ssp. pakeri
Cylindropuntia calmalliana
Cylindropuntia caribaea
Cylindropuntia cholla
Cylindropuntia davisii
Cylindropuntia delgadilloana
Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
Cylindropuntia fulgida
Cylindropuntia fulgida ssp. mamillata
Cylindropuntia ganderi
Cylindropuntia ganderi ssp. catavinensis
Cylindropuntia hystrix
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Cylindropuntia imbricata ssp. argentea
Cylindropuntia kleiniae
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Cylindropuntia lindsayi
Cylindropuntia molesta
Cylindropuntia molesta ssp. clavellina
Cylindropuntia munzii
Cylindropuntia prolifera
Cylindropuntia ramosissima
Cylindropuntia rosea
Cylindropuntia sanfelipensis
Cylindropuntia santamaria
Cylindropuntia spinosior
Cylindropuntia tesajo
Cylindropuntia thornberi
Cylindropuntia thurberi
Cylindropuntia tunicata
Cylindropuntia versicolor
Cylindropuntia whipplei
Cylindropuntia wolfii

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