Miqueliopuntia

Miqueliopuntia is a monotypic, genus of cactus in the Cactaceae family, containing a single species, Miqueliopuntia miquelii (Monv.) F.Ritter., which is native to the Chilean coasts of South America.

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Miqueliopuntia
Miqueliopuntia miquelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Opuntioideae
Tribe:	Opuntieae
Genus:	Miqueliopuntia Fric ex F.Ritter
Species:	M. miquelii
Binomial name
Miqueliopuntia miquelii (Monv.) F.Ritter
Synonyms[1]
Austrocylindropuntia miquelii (Monv.) Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 13 (1942) Cylindropuntia miquelii (Monv.) Backeb. (Nye kaktusbog: 131 (1930) Opuntia miquelii Monv., Hort. Universel 1: 218 (1839) Austrocylindropuntia miquelii var. jilesii Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 6 (1956 publ. 1957) Miqueliopuntia miquelii f. flava P.V.Heath, Calyx 6: 41 (1999) Opuntia geissei Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 85: 492 (1894) Opuntia miquelii var. jilesii (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 4 (1958) Opuntia pulverulenta Pfeiff., Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 407 (1840) Opuntia rosiflora K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 686 (1898)

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Both genus and species were published in Kakteen Südamerika vol.3 on page 869 in 1980.^[1]

The genus name of Miqueliopuntia is in honour of Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811–1871), who was a Dutch botanist, whose main focus of study was on the flora of the Dutch East Indies.^[2]