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Tephrocactus ignescens (Vaupel) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
Kaktus-ABC [Backeb. & Knuth] 108. 1936 [12 Feb 1936]
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Cumulopuntia boliviana subs. ignescens (Vaupel) D.R.Hunt
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 14: 12. 2002 [Oct 2002]

Tephrocactus ignescens (Cumulopuntia boliviana subs. ignescens) Photo by: Carolina González
The red spined Cumulopuntia boliviana subsp. ignescens (right) grows in close association with Maihueniopsis conoidea, a local form of Maihueniopsis glomerata.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cumulopuntia boliviana (Salm-Dyck) F.Ritter
Kakteen Südamerika 2: 492. 1980
Synonymy: 21 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cumulopuntia boliviana subs. dactylifera (Vaupel) D.R.Hunt
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 14: 12. 2002 [Oct 2002]
Synonymy: 11 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cumulopuntia boliviana subs. ignescens (Vaupel) D.R.Hunt
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 14: 12. 2002 [Oct 2002]
Synonymy: 5
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Common Names include:
QUECHUA (Runasimi / Qhichwa simi): Waripiskay, puskayu, hala-hala, piskay
SPANISH (Español): Puskayo, Puskayo, Espina, Jala-Jala

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Cumulopuntia boliviana group


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Tephrocactus ignescens (Cumulopuntia boliviana subs. ignescens) Photo by: Carolina González
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