Cumulopuntia ignescens

Cumulopuntia ignescens

Cumulopuntia ignescens (Vaupel) F.Ritter is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Cumulopuntia.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA, CLNAT, BOLOO, CLNAN, CLNTA, PEROO, BOL, PER, CLN, SOUTHERNAMERICA, SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA; S. Peru to N. Chile.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, montane tropical.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Cumulopuntia ignescens (Vaupel) F.Ritter". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:908039-1
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Cumulopuntia ignescens". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3954042
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Native Habitat

S. Peru to N. Chile

Automatically collected source range/note: WESTERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, CLN_AT, BOL_OO, CLN_AN, CLN_TA, PER_OO, BOL, PER, CLN, SOUTHERN_AMERICA, SOUTHERN_SOUTH_AMERICA; S. Peru to N. Chile.