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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

Species in Opuntia ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia kingstoniana Guiggi Phytotaxa 573(2): 219. 2022 [23 Nov 2022] [epublished] wfo-1000041667
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia macrorhiza var. greenei (J.M.Coult.) Bulot Succulentes 2002(numéro spécial): 39. [Apr 2002] wfo-1200027587
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia monacanthos f. jejuensis Jekuk Kim ex Y.S.Yang – wfo-1200027045
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia repens subsp. taylorii (Britton & Rose) Guiggi Phytotaxa 573(2): 222. 2022 [23 Nov 2022] [epublished] wfo-1200024970
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia sect. Stapeliaster C.Hess Spezielle Pflanzenkunde 2: 464. 1846 wfo-1000040962
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia subgen. Sphaeraria Haw. Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 7(38): 118. 1830 wfo-1000040929