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Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.

This species name was first published in in Med. Fl. 2: 247. 1830.

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-0000385811.

Synonyms of Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia italica Ten. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 149. 1837. wfo-0000385817
Opuntia intermedia Salm-Dyck Hort. Dyck.: 364. 1834. wfo-0000385827
Opuntia vulgaris Mill. Gard. Dict.: . 1768. wfo-0000385881
Opuntia rubiflora Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 529. 1916. wfo-0000385971
Opuntia prostrata Monv. & Lem. ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 478. 1846. wfo-0000386006
Platyopuntia vulgaris (Mill.) F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 1: 35. 1979. wfo-0000398137
Cactus humifusus Raf. in Ann. Nat.: 15. 1820. wfo-0000577909
Opuntia compressa var. allairei (Griffiths) D.Weniger Cacti Southwest: 207. 1970. wfo-0001219721
Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa wfo-0001254974
Opuntia humifusa subsp. humifusa wfo-0001286157
Opuntia calcicola Wherry in J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 16: 12, f. 1. 1926. wfo-0001287365
Opuntia rafinesquei Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 295. 1856. wfo-0001287386
Cactus italicus Ten. Syll. Gen. Sp. Crypt.: 241. 1831. wfo-0001288095
Cactus italicus Ten. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 246. 1840. wfo-0001288096
Opuntia allairei Griffiths Ill. Stud. Opuntia: 83–84, t. 5, t. 2, f. 2, t. 12, upper f., t.13, f. 9. 1909. wfo-0001289833
Cactus opuntia var. vulgaris (Mill.) DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 13. 1813. wfo-0001430282
Opuntia compressa var. humifusa (Raf.) D.Weniger Cacti S. W.: 202. 1970. wfo-0001433104
Opuntia intermedia var. prostrata Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 69. 1850. wfo-0001433218
Opuntia rafinesquei var. parva F.Haage & E.Schmidt in Verz. Blumenzeitung 1915: 29. 1915. wfo-0001433325
Opuntia rafinesquiana Urlandt in Neubert's Deutsch. Gart.-Mag. 40: 156. 1887. wfo-0001433326
Opuntia vulgaris var. major Salm-Dyck Observ. Bot. Hort. Dyck. 3: 9. 1822. wfo-0001433389
Opuntia vulgaris var. media Salm-Dyck Observ. Bot. Hort. Dyck. 3: 9. 1822. wfo-0001433390