Pereskiopsis porteri(K.Brandegee ex F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose

WFO wfo-0000397848 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pereskiopsis porteri, photographed by Kristof Zyskowski
fig. a Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-02-29 / obs. 65762980
Pereskiopsis porteri, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. b Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61300513
Pereskiopsis porteri, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. c Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59783050
Pereskiopsis porteri, photographed by Bill Levine
fig. d Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 46001941
Pereskiopsis porteri, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. e Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33174493
Pereskiopsis porteri, photographed by Bill Levine
fig. f Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 46002115
Pereskiopsis porteri, photographed by Bill Levine
fig. g Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 45998812
Pereskiopsis porteri, photographed by Sula Vanderplank
fig. h Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168135051

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Pereskiopsis porteri is native: Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest Mexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico Southwest
Native distribution of Pereskiopsis porteri, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Northeast MXE NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Grusonia porteri (Brandegee ex F.A.C.Weber) G.D.Rowley
  • Opuntia brandegeei K.Schum.
  • Opuntia porteri K.Brandegee ex F.A.C.Weber
  • Opuntia rotundifolia K.Brandegee
  • Pereskiopsis brandegeei (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
  • Pereskiopsis gatesii E.M.Baxter

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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