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Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.

This species name was first published in Gard. Dict.: Opuntia No. 2. 1768.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species 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-0000385761.

Synonyms of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia megacantha Salm-Dyck Hort. Dyck. 363 1834 wfo-0000385615
Opuntia ficus-barbarica A.Berger Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 181 1912 wfo-0000385784
Opuntia vulgaris Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 1 1768 wfo-0000385881
Platyopuntia vulgaris (Mill.) F.Ritter Kakteen Südamer. 1: 35 1979 wfo-0000398137
Cactus ficus-indica L. Sp. Pl. 468 1753 wfo-0000577831
Cactus opuntia L. Sp. Pl. 468 1753 wfo-0000578057
Opuntia chinensis (Roxb.) K. Koch Hort. Dendrol. 279, no. 6 279 1853 — wfo-0001254582
Opuntia cordobensis Speg. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 4: 513 513 1905 wfo-0001287118
Opuntia arcei Cárdenas Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 28: 113, f. 77–78 113 1956 wfo-0001288169
Opuntia castillae Griffiths Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 261–262, pl. 24 261 1908 wfo-0001289627
Opuntia incarnadilla Griffiths Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 27–28, pl. 4–5 27 1912 wfo-0001289900

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link