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Opuntia tuna (L.) Mill.

This species name was first published in Gard. Dict.: Opuntia No. 3. 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-0000386048.

Synonyms of Opuntia tuna (L.) Mill.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia megalantha Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 530. 1916. wfo-0000385614
Opuntia maidenii Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 201. 1919. wfo-0000385642
Opuntia ledienii A.Berger Hort. Mortol.: 233. 1912. wfo-0000385645
Opuntia flexibilis Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 161. 1837. wfo-0000385750
Opuntia humilis Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 189. 1812. wfo-0000385810
Opuntia jamaicensis Britton & Harris in Torreya 11: 130. 1911. wfo-0000385825
Opuntia horrida Salm-Dyck ex DC. Prodr. 3: 472. 1828. wfo-0000385842
Opuntia polyantha Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 190. 1812. wfo-0000386012
Opuntia spinaurea Karw. ex Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 46. 1845. wfo-0000386071
Opuntia coccinea Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 161. 1837. wfo-0000386575
Cactus horridus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 348. 1796. wfo-0000577903
Cactus humilis Haw. Misc. Nat.: 187. 1803. wfo-0000577910
Cactus polyanthos Sims in Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2691. 1826. wfo-0000578110
Cactus tuna L. Sp. Pl.: 468. 1753. wfo-0000578306
Cactus tuna var. flava Sims in Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1557. 1813. wfo-0000578308
Cactus opuntia var. tuna (L.) DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 13. 1813. wfo-0001430281
Opuntia multiflora G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 503. 1886. wfo-0001433282
Opuntia pseudotuna Salm-Dyck Observ. Bot. Hort. Dyck. 3: 7. 1822. wfo-0001433318
Opuntia tuna var. cubaguensis Gentry Allan Hancock Atlantic Exped. 2(6): 11. 1948. wfo-0001433370
Opuntia tuna var. manse Orcutt in W. Amer. Sci. 7: 157. 1891. wfo-0001433371