= Austrocylindropuntia weingartiana (Backeb.) Backeb.
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 23: 14. 1951
Accepted Scientific Name: Austrocylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 23: 14. 1951
Origin and Habitat: Bolivia (Potosí, Tarija, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba), and Argentina (Jujuy).
Altitude range: 2700-3700 metres above sea level.
Type locality: Bolivia, above Tupiza, altitude c. 3000 m.
Habitat and ecology: Steep rocky slopes and small hill in valley bottom almost exclusively between or among shrubs.
Synonyms:
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Accepted name in llifle Database:Austrocylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 23: 14. 1951Synonymy: 14
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Common Names include:
SPANISH (Español): Cardoncito
Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Austrocylindropuntia shaferi / vestita group
Austrocylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.: (var. shaferi) has some hairs on the juvenile growth only; spines up to 15, 10-50 mm long, usually reddish. Distribution: Argentina in Jujuy, and in Bolivia in Chuquisaca, Oruro, Potosí and Tarija.- Austrocylindropuntia shaferi var. humahuacana (Backeb.) R.Kiesling: has few, weak spines, up to 1 cm., usually whitish. Distribution: Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina.
- Austrocylindropuntia vestita (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.: has steins completely covered with hairs; spines less than 15 mm long. Distribution: Argentina (Jujuy and Salta), and Bolivia (Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, La Paz, Potosi and Tarija).
- Austrocylindropuntia vestita f. cristata: crested form.
- Austrocylindropuntia weingartiana (Backeb.) Backeb.: A. weingartiana and A. shaferi are one and the same species.
Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Curt Backeberg “Blätter für Kakteenforschung: Bulletin of actus research” 1935 (pt. 8, sine pag.): [4] genus 10, subgen. IV-1-b, sp. 2 (fig.). Type (not preserved): S. Bolivia, 3000 m., collector not stated.
2) Roberto Kiesling “The identity of Austrocylindropuntia weingartiana” The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain Volume 42(4): 109 -no (1980)
3) “Bradleya: Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society” The Society, 2005
4) Austrocylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb. in Cact. Succ. J. Amer. 23:14(1951).
5) Opuntia shaferi Britton & Rose, The Cact. 1: 72 (1919). Type: Argentina, Jujuy, between Purmamarca and Tumbaya, 6 Feb. 1917, Shafer 90 (US, holo.; K, iso.!).
6) Cylindropuntia shaferi (B. & R.) Backeb., in Backeb. & F. M. Knuth, "Kaktus-ABC"}, 119 (1935).
7) {{Cylindroptwtia weingartiana {Backch.) Backeb. in Backeb. & F. M. Knuth, "Kaktus-ABC", 119 (1935)
8) Austrocylindropuntia weingartiana (Backeb.) Backeb., in Cact. Succ. J. Amer. 23:14 (1951).
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