Consolea intermedia

Status and significance for reading older studies

Consolea intermedia Hoxey & Gdaniec was published in 2023 in “Caribbean Journal of Science”, volume 53, on page 127. POWO accepts it as a distinct species native to the Dominican Republic, associated with the seasonally dry tropical biome. It has a separate atlas record, without unverified synonyms being added. [2-WWW]

Papers on anther and ovule development and chromosome numbers in Consolea from 2002–2008 do not name this species. Results from material formerly identified as C. picardae or C. moniliformis have not been assigned to C. intermedia without reidentifying specimens. Study dates and retained voucher specimens define the limits of possible interpretation here. [Strittmatter et al. 2002] [Negrón-Ortiz 2007] [Strittmatter et al. 2006] [Strittmatter et al. 2008]

Sources for this account

[2-WWW]Source website

Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

https://powo.science.kew.org/

Accepted names, synonyms and distribution. A citation beside a taxon leads to its record.

Accessed 2026-10-08.

Article2002

Subdioecy in Consolea spinosissima (Cactaceae): breeding system and embryological studies

Strittmatter L. I., Negrón-Ortiz V., Hickey R. J., Subdioecy in Consolea spinosissima (Cactaceae): breeding system and embryological studies, American Journal of Botany, 2002, 89(9):1373-1387, doi: 10.3732/ajb.89.9.1373

The study of a population from Hellshire Hills in Jamaica analyses flowers and ovule development. It discusses plants historically described as weak hermaphrodites.

Physiology and anatomyDistributionGenusConsolea

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Article2007

Chromosome numbers, nuclear DNA content, and polyploidy in Consolea (Cactaceae), an endemic cactus of the Caribbean Islands

Negrón-Ortiz V., Chromosome numbers, nuclear DNA content, and polyploidy in Consolea (Cactaceae), an endemic cactus of the Caribbean Islands, American Journal of Botany, 2007, 94(8):1360-1370, doi: 10.3732/ajb.94.8.1360

The paper presents chromosome counts and cytometry for Consolea. It compares ploidy, including an estimate based on DNA in C. millspaughii subsp. caymanensis.

Physiology and anatomyDistributionGenusConsolea

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Article2006

Comparative microsporangium development in male-fertile and male-sterile flowers of Consolea (Cactaceae): When and how does pollen abortion occur

Strittmatter L. I., Negrón-Ortiz V., Hickey R. J., Comparative microsporangium development in male-fertile and male-sterile flowers of Consolea (Cactaceae): When and how does pollen abortion occur, Grana, 2006, 45(2):81-100, doi: 10.1080/00173130500537101

The study compares anther development in six species and tissue degeneration in functionally female flowers. It analyses the tapetum and the arrest of microsporogenesis.

Physiology and anatomyDistributionGenusConsolea

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Article2008

Heterochrony and its role in sex determination of cryptically dioecious Consolea (Cactaceae) staminate flowers

Strittmatter L. I., Hickey R. J., Negrón-Ortiz V., Heterochrony and its role in sex determination of cryptically dioecious Consolea (Cactaceae) staminate flowers, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 156(2):305-326, doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00754.x

The study compares ovule development in six Consolea species. It discusses heterochrony and the occasional production of seeds by functionally male individuals.

Physiology and anatomyDistributionGenusConsolea

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