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December 2022

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genus

Opuntia Mill.

This genus name was first published in Gard. Dict. Abr.: 974. 1754.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000027003.

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Synonyms of Opuntia

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Opuntia subgen. Platopuntia	Engelm.	in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 289-290. 1856.	—	wfo-3500004017
Cactus unr. opuntia	L.	Sp. Pl.: 468. 1753.	—	wfo-3500004049
Nopal	Thierry ex Rümpler	Handb. Cacteenk.: 929. 1885.	—	wfo-4000026219
Nopalea	Salm-Dyck	Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 63-64, 233. 1850.	—	wfo-4000026220
Phyllarthus	Neck. ex M.Gómez	Fl. Cuba: 119. 1914.	—	wfo-4000029397
Platyopuntia	(Engelm.) Frič & Schelle ex Kreuz.	Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 42. 1935.	—	wfo-4000030136
Plutonopuntia	P.V.Heath	in Calyx 6(2): 41. 1999.	—	wfo-4000030432
Terecaulis	Berge	Buch der Welt: 91. 1842.	—	wfo-4000037790
Tunas	Lunell	in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 479. 1916.	—	wfo-4000039576
Chaffeyopuntia	Frič & Schelle ex Kreuz.	Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 42. 1935.	—	wfo-4000042512
Ficindica	St.-Lag.	in Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 70. 1880.	—	wfo-4000042524
Subulatopuntia	Frič & Schelle	in Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 10. 1935.	—	wfo-4000042550
Platyopuntia	(Engelm.) F.Ritter	Kakteen Südamerika 1: 31. 1979.	—	wfo-4000042645
Cactodendron	Bigelow	?	—	wfo-4000049119

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Opuntia:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Opuntia kingstoniana	Guiggi	Phytotaxa 573(2): 219. 2022 [23 Nov 2022] [epublished]	wfo-1000041667
Opuntia repens subsp. taylorii	(Britton & Rose) Guiggi	Phytotaxa 573(2): 222. 2022 [23 Nov 2022] [epublished]	wfo-1200024970
Opuntia sect. Stapeliaster	C.Hess	Spezielle Pflanzenkunde 2: 464. 1846	wfo-1000040962
Opuntia subgen. Sphaeraria	Haw.	Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 7(38): 118. 1830	wfo-1000040929