Opuntia bonaerensis Speg.
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https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.52.52205 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B13487A9-8519-FB21-FCAB-A54EFCC5F8E2 |
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Felipe |
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Opuntia bonaerensis Speg. |
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Opuntia bonaerensis Speg. View in CoL (≡ O. elata subsp. bonaerensis (Speg.) Guiggi ) – Fig. 1.
N It: Italy: Toscana, Figline (Prato), 43.922822°N, 11.088867°E, 137 m, edge of Quercus ilex L. wood, on jasper, 18 Mar 2020, Gestri (photo). – In light of the recent revision of Opuntia ser. Armatae K. Schum. ( Font 2014) , plants collected near Figline (Tuscany, Italy) and reported as Opuntia elata Salm-Dyck ( Guiggi & Messina 2014) are to be referred to O. bonaerensis mostly due to the purplish fruit flesh, the light greenish stigma and the shape of spination (Font pers. comm.). We hypothesize that most, if not all, previous Italian findings of O. elata could be attributed to O. bonaerensis . Therefore, a revision of the specimens collected so far would be necessary. Opuntia bonaerensis should be considered as naturalized in Italy. G. Gestri & V. Lazzeri
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