Genus: Austrocylindropuntia Life
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Familty: Cactaceae
About 12 species, native to the Andes in South America
(Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru). One species is naturalised in southern
Africa and a further four species are cultivated in the region.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List under Opuntia on
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) (as on 6 June
2009).
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002), where they are placed under the
genus Opuntia.
Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica
[= Opuntia cylindrica]
Native to Ecuador. |
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Austrocylindropuntia pachypus
[= Opuntia pachypus]
Native to Peru. |
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Austrocylindropuntia verschaffeltii
[= Opuntia verschaffeltii]
Native to Bolivia. |
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Austrocylindropuntia vestita
[= Opuntia vestita]
Native to Bolivia. |
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