Consolea

Consolea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Opuntioideae
Tribe:	Opuntieae
Genus:	Consolea; Lem.
Species
	See text

Consolea is a genus of cacti, named after Italian botanist . The genus is native to the Caribbean and Florida. It has 10 accepted species.^[1] Members of this genus consist of trees up to 10 m in height; they are dioecious or subdioecious.^[2]

Accepted species[]

As of February 2013, the Plant List accepted 10 species:^[1]

(Ekman & Werderm.) F.M.Knuth
Consolea corallicola Small
(Ekman & Werderm) F.M.Knuth
(Griseb.) A.Berger
(Britton) A.Berger
Consolea moniliformis (L.) A.Berger
(Britton) A.Berger
(Salm-Dyck. ex DC.) Lem.
(Mill.) Lem.
(Werderm.) F.M.Knuth

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Consolea in The Plant List
^ 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.

[TPL-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Consolea in The Plant List

[2] 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.

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