Taxon: Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl. ex Pfeiff.

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix II
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• wheel cactus   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  
• bartolona   (Source: Cact Fam ) – Spanish
  
• camuesa   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – Spanish
  
• joconoxtle   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – Spanish
  
• nopal camueso   (Source: Fla Entomol 84:495.) – Spanish
  
• nopal tapón   (Source: Cact Fam ) – Spanish
  
• tuna bartolona   (Source: Cact Mex ) – Spanish
  
• tuna tapón   (Source: Cact Fam ) – Spanish
  
• tuna tapona   (Source: Cact Mex ) – Spanish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Noxweed Aust)
  
• Human food: vegetable   (fide Fla Entomol 84:494. 2001)
  
• Weed   (fide Noxweed Aust)
  

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico, Queretaro

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family. (Cact Fam) 516. [lists as O. robusta H. L. Wendl.].
• Backeberg, C. 1958. Die Cactaceae. 1:533.
• Backeberg, C. 1977. Das Kakteen Lexicon. 329.
• Benson, L. 1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada. (Cact US Can) 274. [in note].
• Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. 1978. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 (Cact Mex) 333–334. [lists as O. robusta H. L. Wendl.].
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14) [lists as O. robusta H. L. Wendl.].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. (Zander ed16) [lists as O. robusta H. L. Wendl. & Pfeiff.].
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia. (F Aust)
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17. (L Macar ed4) [lists as O. robusta H. L. Wendl.].
• Hosking, J. R. et al. 1988. Pl. Protect. Quart. 3:120.
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3) [lists as O. robusta H. L. Wendl.].
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust) [lists as O. robusta H. L. Wendl.].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1979–. Flora fanerogámica del Valle de México. (F Valle Mex) [lists as O. robusta H. L. Wendl.].
• Vigueras G., A. L. & L. Portillo. 2001. Uses of Opuntia species and the potential impact of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Mexico. Florida Entomol. 84:494.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Opuntia robusta.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Opuntia robusta. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Opuntia camuessa F. A. C. Weber
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Opuntia robusta var. larreyi (F. A. C. Weber ex J. M. Coult.) Bravo
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)

Check other databases for Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl. ex Pfeiff.:

• ABIF: Australian Biodiversity Information Facility's Flora of Australia online
• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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