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Tunilla picardoi D.R.Hunt & Iliff
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 9: 11 2000
Family: CACTACEAE

= Tunilla picardoi Marn.-Lap. ex Guiggi & Delanoy
Haseltonia 12: 13 (-14; figs. 1-6). 2007 [dt. 2006; issued on 16 Jan 2007] later homonym non T. picardoi D. R. Hunt & J. Iliff (2000).

Accepted Scientific Name: Tunilla erectoclada (Backeb.) D.R.Hunt & Iliff
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 9: 10. 2000

Tunilla picardoi (Tunilla picardoi) Photo by: Julio C. García

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Tunilla erectoclada (Backeb.) D.R.Hunt & Iliff
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 9: 10. 2000
Synonymy: 8
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Tunilla erectoclada group

  • Tunilla erectoclada (Backeb.) D.R.Hunt & Iliff: has tiny pads only about 2 cm high, growth is mostly sideways. Flowers vivid orange to carmine red. Origin: unknown, supposedly in Salta, Argentina.
  • Tunilla picardoi Marn.-Lap. ex Guiggi & Delanoy: is a miniature prickly pear very similar to Tunilla erectoclada if not exactly the same. Distribution: Salta, Argentina.

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