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December 2023

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Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill.

This species name was first published in Gard. Dict.: Opuntia No. 6. 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-0001433101.

Synonyms of Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 64. 1850. wfo-0000378923
Nopalea brittonii Houghton in J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 1(5): 4. 1929. wfo-0000378930
Opuntia magnifolia Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 22. 1790. wfo-0000385658
Opuntia cochinelifera (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict.: Opuntia No. 6. 1768. wfo-0000386572
Opuntia cochenillifera DC. Pl. Hist. Succ.: t. 137. 1804. wfo-0000386573
Opuntia coccinellifera Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 2: 220. 1841. wfo-0000386581
Cactus cochenillifer L. Sp. Pl.: 468. 1753. wfo-0000577737
Cactus subinermis Link ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 246. 1840. wfo-0000578264
Opuntia nuda (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley in Repert. Pl. Succ. 22: 11. 1973. wfo-0001256654
Cactus campechianus Thierry Dict. Sci. Nat. 6: 103. 1817. wfo-0001288089
Nopalea coccifera Lem. Cactées: 89. 1868. wfo-0001289915
Nopalea nuda Backeb. Cactaceae 6: 3629. 1962. wfo-0001289916
Nopalea brittonii var. variegata Houghton in J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 1(5): 4. 1929. wfo-0001432846