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Cactaceae Consolea spinosissima | Taxonomy | Flora of the World

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Taxon

Consolea spinosissima (Mill.) Lem.

Protologue Rev. Hort. [Paris]. (1862) 174.BHL IPNI

AcceptedGBIF

Endangered

Consolea spinosissima (Mill.) Lem. belongs to the Cactaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Opuntia spinosissima--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 341.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

No collection number

April 6, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Consolea

Specific Epithet

spinosissima

Authorship

(Mill.) Lem.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#154,764 of 335,497

Top 47%

Extinction probability

49%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →