Opuntia ficus-indica / [Species detail] / Plant Atlas

Classification

Dicots

Family

CACTACEAE

Genus

Opuntia

Species

Opuntia ficus-indica L.

Common Name

TUNA CACTUS

Growth Habit

C Value

Plant Notes

Status

Not Native

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Supraordinal

Order

CARYOPHYLLALES

Family

Genus

Species

Opuntia ficus-indica L. - TUNA CACTUS

OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (Linnaeus) Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.

Basionym

BASIONYM: Cactus ficus-indica Linnaeus 1753.

Type

TYPE: Cult. in Sweden, without data, Linnaeus s.n. (neotype: S-LINN). Neotypified by Leuenberger, Taxon 40: 625. 1991.

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