Opuntia mucheri Starm.

, Wulfenia 12: 60 (58, 61-62; figs. 1, 7-10) (2005).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77071415-1
Publication
Wulfenia. Mitteilungen des Kärntner Botanikzentrums Klagenfurt
Collation
12: 60 (58, 61-62; figs. 1, 7-10)
Family as entered in IPNI
Cactaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
W.Mucher s.n.
Collection Date
12 Sep 2003
Type Herbaria
holotype GZU
isotype ZSS
isotype KL
Distribution Of Types
Salta (Argentina Northwest, Southern South America, Southern America)
Type Remarks
Holotype cultivated in Graz/Austria; original collection from department Salta, between El Galpón on the Route 14 and the village Ovejeria, 850m alt., dense Chaco on a flat ascending hill with 1-4m high mainly spiny shrubs, with single about 6m high Chorisia speciosa, sandy soil. Accompanying plants: Aporocactus sp., Cleistocactus sp., orchids, Rhipsalis sp., Tillandsia sp. etc.; leg. H.Amerhauser, W.Mucher & W.Papsch, MU-96, 03.11.1997