L. C. Majure

More than a prickly morphology: plastome variation in the prickly pear cacti (Opuntieae)

The paper investigates plastome variation in prickly pear cacti, finding significant structural and genetic differences across species, including gene loss and IR region changes.

Reassessment and typification of Opuntia canterae (Opuntioideae, Cactaceae), an endemic prickly-pear cactus of Uruguay

This paper reassesses Opuntia canterae, designates an epitype, and provides a conservation assessment as Vulnerable, while distinguishing it from O. elata based on morphological traits.

Insights into chloroplast genome variation across Opuntioideae (Cactaceae)

The paper analyzes chloroplast genome variation in Opuntioideae cacti, finding structural rearrangements and pseudogenization, and identifies phylogenetically informative markers.

Beyond endemism, expanding conservation efforts: a relictual Pleistocene distribution and first report of the prickly pear cactus, Opuntia bonaerensis, in Brazil and Uruguay

The paper reports new records of Opuntia bonaerensis in Brazil and Uruguay, confirms their identity through molecular and morphological analysis, and uses ecological niche models to suggest relictual Pleistocene populations and future conservation implications.