Consolea

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Consolea is a genus of cactus, named after Italian botanist Michelangelo Console. Members of the genus are native to the West Indies and Florida in the United States. Members of this genus consist of trees up to 10 m in height; they are dioecious or subdioecious.{{cite journal|doi=10.1002/ajb2.1610|title=Pleistocene aridification underlies the evolutionary history of the Caribbean endemic, insular, giant Consolea (Opuntioideae)|year=2021|last1=Majure|first1=Lucas C.|last2=Barrios|first2=Duniel|last3=Díaz|first3=Edgardo|last4=Zumwalde|first4=Bethany A.|last5=Testo|first5=Weston|last6=Negrón-Ortíz|first6=Vivian|journal=American Journal of Botany|volume=108|issue=2|pages=200–215|pmid=33598914|s2cid=231953784 |doi-access=free}}

Accepted species

{{As of|2022|November}}, Plants of the World Online accepted 10 species:[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Consolea Consolea in The Plant List]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution !Conservation status
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\|Consolea acaulis (Ekman & Werderm) F.M.Knuth \|Hispaniola (Haiti) \|{{IUCN status\|NE}}
File:Consolea corallicola 2.jpg \|Consolea corallicola Small \|Little Torch Key and Swan Key in the Florida Keys \|{{IUCN status\|CR}}Negrón-Ortiz, V., Griffith, P. & Maschinski, J. 2013. Consolea corallicola. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T16329591A16329597. {{doi\|10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T16329591A16329597.en}}. Accessed on 24 March 2022
120px	Consolea falcata (Ekman & Werderm) F.M.Knuth	Hispaniola (Haiti) \|{{IUCN status\|CR}}Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2013. Consolea falcata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T16329998A16330002. {{doi\|10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T16329998A16330002.en}}. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
120px	Consolea macracantha (Griseb.) A.Berger	Cuba \|{{IUCN status\|LC}}Barrios, D., González Torres, L.R. & Taylor, N.P. 2017. Consolea macracantha (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T151958A121451631. {{doi\|10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151958A121451631.en}}. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
File:Consolea millspaughii.jpg \|Consolea millspaughii (Britton) A.Berger \|Cuba, The Bahamas, Cayman Islands \|{{IUCN status\|LC}}Griffith, P., Negrón-Ortiz, V., Barrios, D. & González Torres, L.R. 2017. Consolea millspaughii (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330045A121497753. {{doi\|10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330045A121497753.en}}. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
120px	Consolea moniliformis (L.) A.Berger	Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti), Puerto Rico (Mona Island, Culebra, Desecheo Island) \|{{IUCN status\|LC}}Negrón-Ortiz, V., Griffith, P., Taylor, N.P., González Torres, L.R. & Barrios, D. 2017. Consolea moniliformis (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T151754A121442124. {{doi\|10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151754A121442124.en}}. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
File:Opuntia nashii 1zz.jpg \|Consolea nashii (Britton) A.Berger \|Cuba, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands \|{{IUCN status\|LC}}Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea nashii (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330194A121497872. {{doi\|10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330194A121497872.en}}. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
120px	Consolea picardae (Urb.) Areces	Southern and eastern Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti) \|{{IUCN status\|DD}}Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea picardae (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16330409A121497988. {{doi\|10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16330409A121497988.en}}. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
120px	Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck. ex DC.) Lem.	Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles (from Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Tobago) \|{{IUCN status\|LC}}Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2017. Consolea rubescens (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T16331022A121498109. {{doi\|10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16331022A121498109.en}}. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
120px	Consolea spinosissima (Mill.) Lem.	Jamaica \|{{IUCN status\|EN}}Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P. 2013. Consolea spinosissima. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T151874A571255. {{doi\|10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T151874A571255.en}}. Accessed on 23 March 2023.
	Consolea testudinis-crus (F.A.C.Weber) Mottram & Hoxey	Hispaniola (Haiti) \|{{IUCN status\|NE}}

References

Category:Opuntioideae genera

Category:Opuntioideae