Majure L. C., Barrios D., Díaz E., Zumwalde B. A., Testo W., Negrón-Ortíz V., Pleistocene aridification underlies the evolutionary history of the Caribbean endemic, insular, giant Consolea (Opuntioideae), American Journal of Botany, 2021, 108(2):200-215, doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1610
The analysis includes plastome phylogeny, ribosomal data and a reconstruction of Consolea biogeography. It discusses the radiation of the genus, stem surfaces and the inclusion of corallicola in C. millspaughii.