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Consolea
Consolea spinosissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Opuntieae
Genus: Consolea
Lem.
Species

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Consolea is a genus of cactus, named after Italian botanist Michelangelo Console. Members of the genus are native to the West Indies and Florida in the United States. Members of this genus consist of trees up to 10 m in height; they are dioecious or subdioecious.[1]

Accepted species

As of November 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted 10 species:[2]

Image Scientific name Distribution Conservation status
Consolea acaulis (Ekman & Werderm) F.M.Knuth Hispaniola (Haiti) NE
Consolea corallicola Small Little Torch Key and Swan Key in the Florida Keys CR[3]
Consolea falcata (Ekman & Werderm) F.M.Knuth Hispaniola (Haiti) CR[4]
Consolea macracantha (Griseb.) A.Berger Cuba LC[5]
Consolea millspaughii (Britton) A.Berger Cuba, The Bahamas, Cayman Islands LC[6]
Consolea moniliformis (L.) A.Berger Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti), Puerto Rico (Mona Island, Culebra, Desecheo Island) LC[7]
Consolea nashii (Britton) A.Berger Cuba, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands LC[8]
Consolea picardae (Urb.) Areces Southern and eastern Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti) DD[9]
Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck. ex DC.) Lem. Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles (from Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Tobago) LC[10]
Consolea spinosissima (Mill.) Lem. Jamaica EN[11]
Consolea testudinis-crus (F.A.C.Weber) Mottram & Hoxey Hispaniola (Haiti) NE

References

  1. ^ Majure, Lucas C.; Barrios, Duniel; Díaz, Edgardo; Zumwalde, Bethany A.; Testo, Weston; Negrón‐Ortíz, Vivian (2021). "Pleistocene aridification underlies the evolutionary history of the Caribbean endemic, insular, giant Consolea (Opuntioideae)". American Journal of Botany. 108 (2): 200–215. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1610. PMID 33598914. S2CID 231953784.
  2. ^ Consolea in The Plant List
  3. ^ Negrón-Ortiz, V., Griffith, P. & Maschinski, J. 2013. Consolea corallicola. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T16329591A16329597. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T16329591A16329597.en. Accessed on 24 March 2022
  4. ^ Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2013. Consolea falcata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T16329998A16330002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T16329998A16330002.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  5. ^ Barrios, D., González Torres, L.R. & Taylor, N.P. 2017. Consolea macracantha (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T151958A121451631. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151958A121451631.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  6. ^ Griffith, P., Negrón-Ortiz, V., Barrios, D. & González Torres, L.R. 2017. Consolea millspaughii (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330045A121497753. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330045A121497753.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  7. ^ Negrón-Ortiz, V., Griffith, P., Taylor, N.P., González Torres, L.R. & Barrios, D. 2017. Consolea moniliformis (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T151754A121442124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151754A121442124.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  8. ^ Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea nashii (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330194A121497872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330194A121497872.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  9. ^ Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea picardae (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330409A121497988. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330409A121497988.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  10. ^ Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea rubescens (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16331022A121498109. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16331022A121498109.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
  11. ^ Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2013. Consolea spinosissima. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T151874A571255. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T151874A571255.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023.