Salmonopuntia is a South American genus of the cactus family (Cactaceae).

Salmonopuntia
Salmonopuntia salmiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Opuntieae
Genus: Salmonopuntia
P.V.Heath 1999
Type species
Salmiopuntia salmiana
Species

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Species

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Species of the genus Salmonopuntia according to Plants of the World Online As of January 2023:[1]

Image Scientific name Distribution
  Salmonopuntia salmiana (J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.) P.V.Heath Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
  Salmonopuntia schickendantzii (F.A.C.Weber) Font & M.Köhler Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay

References

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  1. ^ "Salmonopuntia P.V.Heath - Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
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