A Working Index of New Mexico Vascular Plant Names

Opuntia prickly-pearDenham, R.A. 1996. New plant distribution records. The New Mexico Botanist 4:6. [Opuntia chihuahuaensis]Ferguson, D.J. 1987. Opuntia cymochila Eng. & Bigelow: A species lost in the shuffle. Cactus & Succulent J. (U.S.) 59:256-260.Ferguson, D.J. 1988. Opuntia macrocentra Eng. and Opuntia chlorotica Eng. & Big. Cactus and Succulent Journal (U.S.) 60(3):155-160.Grant, V. & K.A. Grant. 1979. Systematics of the Opuntia phaeacantha group in Texas. Bot. Gaz (Crawfordsville) 140:199-207.Leuenberger, B.E. 1971. Interpretation and typification of Cactus ficus-indica Linnaeus and Opuntia ficus-indica (Linnaeus) Miller (Cactaceae). Taxon 40:621-627.Parfitt, B.D. 1998. New nomenclatural combinations in the Opuntia polyacantha complex. Cactus & Succulent J. (U.S.) 70(4):188.Parfitt, B.D. and D.J. Pinkava. 1988. Nomenclatural and systematic reassessment of Opuntia engelmannii and O. lindheimeri (Cactaceae). Madroño 35(4):342-349.Pinkava, D.J. 2003. Grusonia, pp. 123-148. IN: Flora of North America, vol. 4, pt.1. Oxford University Press, New York.Pinkava, D.J. and B.D. Parfitt. 1988. Nomenclatural changes in Chihuahuan Desert Opuntia (Cactaceae). Sida 13(2):125-130.Sivinski, R. and K. Lightfoot, eds. 1994. Inventory of rare and endangered plants of New Mexico. New Mexico Forestry and Resources Conservation Division,Misc. Publ. No. 3. [Opuntia valida]arborescens Engelmann in Wislizenus = Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haworth) F.M. Knutharenaria Engelmann = Opunita polyacantha Haworth var. arenaria (Engelmann) Parfittbrachyarthra Engelmann & Bigelow = Opuntia fragilis Nuttallcamanchica Engelmann & Bigelow = Opuntia phaeacantha Engelmannchihuahuensis Rose = Opuntia camanchica Engelmann & Bigelowchlorotica Engelmann & Bigelow [M&H; W&S]clock-face prickly-pearchlorotica Engelmann & Bigelow var. santa-rita Griffiths & Hare = Opuntia santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) Roseclavata Engelmann = Grusonia clavata (Engelmann) H. Robinsonconfusa Griffiths : D. Ferguson (pers. comm. 1999) reports that there are populations corresponding to this taxon in Doña Ana Co.; awaitsverification and documentation.cyclodes (Engelmann & Bigelow) Rose = Opuntia phaeacantha Engelmanncymochila Engelmann & Bigelow = Opuntia tortispina Engelmann & J.M. Bigelowcymochila Engelmann var. montana Engelmann & Bigelow = Opuntia pottsii Salm-Dyckdavisii Engelmann & Bigelow = Cylindropuntia davisii (Engelmann & Bigelow) F.M. Knuthdensispina Ralston & Hilsenbeck = Grusonia grahamii (Engelmann) H. Robinsondillei Griffiths = Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelmanndiscata Griffiths = Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelmanndulcis Engelmann = Opuntia phaeacantha Engelmannemoryi Engelmann = Grusonia emoryi (Engelmann) Pinkavaengelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelmann var. engelmannii [M&H; W&S]Engelmann’s prickly-pear, cactus-appleOpuntia discata GriffithsOpuntia dillei GriffithsOpuntia microcarpa Engelmann ex B.D. JacksonOpuntia phaeacantha Engelmann var. discata (Griffiths) BensonOpuntia riparia GriffithsOpuntia tardospina GriffithsOpuntia valida Griffithsengelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelmann var. lindheimeri (Engelmann) Parfitt & Pinkava [Benson 1982; M&H; W&S] Note:Perhaps only known as a rare escape in NM.Engelmann’s prickly-pearOpuntia lindheimeri Engelmannerinacea Engelmann & Bigelow ex Engelmann var. erinacea [= Opuntia polyacantha Haworth var. erinacea (Engelmann & Bigelow) Parfitt]: Reported by Benson (1982) and M&H, but known from western Arizona and Utah and westward (Pinkava 2003).erinacea Engelmann & Bigelow ex Engelmann var. hystricina (Engelmann & Bigelow) L. Benson = Opuntia polyacantha Haworth var.hystricina (Engelmann & Bigelow) Parfitterinacea Engelmann & Bigelow var. utahensis (Engelmann) L. Benson : Reported by Benson (1982) and M&H, but not known to occur inNM [Ferguson, pers. comm. 1997; Parfitt, pers. comm. 1999]Opuntia sphaerocarpa Engelmann & Bigelow var. utahensis Engelmann*ficus-indica (Linnaeus) Miller [Benson 1982]. Note: Benson (1982) cites one specimen from southern NM, but Ferguson (pers.comm. 1994) and Parfitt (pers. comm. 1999) maintain that this species is not known outside of cultivation in NM; perhapswarrants verification.Indian-figfilipendula Engelmann = Opuntia pottsii Salm-Dyckfragilis Nuttall var. brachyarthra (Engelmann & Bigelow) Coulter = Opuntia fragilis Nuttallfragilis Nuttall [Benson 1982; M&H; W&S]pygmy prickly-pearOpuntia brachyarthra Engelmann & BigelowOpuntia fragilis Nuttall var. brachyarthra (Engelmann & Bigelow) Coulterfulgida Engelmann var. mamillata (Schott) Coulter = Cylindropuntia fulgida (Engelmann) F.M. Knuthgrahamii Engelmann = Grusonia grahamii (Engelmann) H. Robinson×gilvescens Griffiths (a hybrid of various phases of Opuntia phaeacantha) = Opuntia phaeacantha Engelmanngregoriana Griffiths = Opuntia phaeacantha Engelmannhystricina Engelmann & Bigelow = Opuntia polyacantha Haworth var. hystricina (Engelmann & Bigelow) Parfittimbricata (Haworth) A.P. de Candolle = Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haworth) F.M. Knuthkleiniae A.P. de Candolle = Cylindropuntia kleiniae (A.P. de Candolle) F.M. Knuth