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June 2022

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genus

Opuntia Mill.

This genus name was first published in Gard. Dict. Abr.: 974. 1754. Link to external nomenclature reference

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.

Synonyms of Opuntia

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia Platopuntia Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 289-290. 1856. wfo-3500004017
Cactus 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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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link