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Consolea
Genus of cacti

Consolea is a genus of cactus, named after Italian botanist Michelangelo Console. Members of the genus are native to the West Indies and Florida in the United States. Members of this genus consist of trees up to 10 m in height; they are dioecious or subdioecious.

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Accepted species

As of November 2022[update], Plants of the World Online accepted 10 species:2

ImageScientific nameDistributionConservation status
Consolea acaulis (Ekman & Werderm) F.M.KnuthHispaniola (Haiti)NE
Consolea corallicola SmallLittle Torch Key and Swan Key in the Florida KeysCR3
Consolea falcata (Ekman & Werderm) F.M.KnuthHispaniola (Haiti)CR4
Consolea macracantha (Griseb.) A.BergerCubaLC5
Consolea millspaughii (Britton) A.BergerCuba, The Bahamas, Cayman IslandsLC6
Consolea moniliformis (L.) A.BergerCuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti), Puerto Rico (Mona Island, Culebra, Desecheo Island)LC7
Consolea nashii (Britton) A.BergerCuba, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos IslandsLC8
Consolea picardae (Urb.) ArecesSouthern and eastern Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)DD9
Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck. ex DC.) Lem.Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles (from Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Tobago)LC10
Consolea spinosissima (Mill.) Lem.JamaicaEN11
Consolea testudinis-crus (F.A.C.Weber) Mottram & HoxeyHispaniola (Haiti)NE

References

  1. Majure, Lucas C.; Barrios, Duniel; Díaz, Edgardo; Zumwalde, Bethany A.; Testo, Weston; Negrón-Ortíz, Vivian (2021). "Pleistocene aridification underlies the evolutionary history of the Caribbean endemic, insular, giant Consolea (Opuntioideae)". American Journal of Botany. 108 (2): 200–215. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1610. PMID 33598914. S2CID 231953784. https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fajb2.1610 ↩

  2. Consolea in The Plant List http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Consolea ↩

  3. Negrón-Ortiz, V., Griffith, P. & Maschinski, J. 2013. Consolea corallicola. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T16329591A16329597. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T16329591A16329597.en. Accessed on 24 March 2022 /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  4. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2013. Consolea falcata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T16329998A16330002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T16329998A16330002.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  5. Barrios, D., González Torres, L.R. & Taylor, N.P. 2017. Consolea macracantha (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T151958A121451631. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151958A121451631.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  6. Griffith, P., Negrón-Ortiz, V., Barrios, D. & González Torres, L.R. 2017. Consolea millspaughii (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330045A121497753. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330045A121497753.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  7. Negrón-Ortiz, V., Griffith, P., Taylor, N.P., González Torres, L.R. & Barrios, D. 2017. Consolea moniliformis (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T151754A121442124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151754A121442124.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  8. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea nashii (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330194A121497872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330194A121497872.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  9. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea picardae (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330409A121497988. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330409A121497988.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  10. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea rubescens (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16331022A121498109. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16331022A121498109.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  11. Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2013. Consolea spinosissima. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T151874A571255. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T151874A571255.en. Accessed on 23 March 2023. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩