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Opuntia Mill.

This genus name was first published in Gard. Dict. Abr.: 974. 1754.   Link to external nomenclature reference

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

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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 albispinosa Mieckley ex Lindemuth & Dams in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 14: 178. 1904. — wfo-0000386656
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia alpicola K.Schum. ex Dams in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 13: 95. 1903. — wfo-0000386651
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia amarilla Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 205. 1919. — wfo-0000386658
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia ambigua Link ex Ten. in Atti Riunione Sci. Ital. 7: 884. 1846. — wfo-0000386675
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia anacantha subsp. kiska-loro (Speg.) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 35(122): 179 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200067966
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia anacantha subsp. retrorsa (Speg.) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 35(122): 179 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200067967
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia anacantha subsp. utkilio (Speg.) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 35(122): 179 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200067968
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia angusta Meinsh. in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 1: 30. 1858. — wfo-0000386673
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia arborea Rojas Acosta Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrient.: 64. 1897. — wfo-0000386580
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia basilaris subsp. heilii (S.L.Welsh & Neese) Majure Plants [Basel] 12(14)-2677: 13 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200067806
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia basilaris subsp. longiareolata (Clover & Jotter) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 35(122): 180 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200067971
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia basilaris subsp. longiareolata (Clover & Jotter) Majure Plants [Basel] 12(14)-2677: 13 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200067807
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia brachydelphis K.Schum. Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 107. 1898. — wfo-0000386482
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia calacantha Forbes ex W.H.Baxter Suppl. Hort. Brit.: 599. 1850. — wfo-0000386474
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia carnosa A.Usteri in Guia Bot. Prafa Rep. Jard. Luz: 27. 1919. — wfo-0000386494
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia carolina J.Forbes Hort. Tour Germ.: 160. 1837. — wfo-0000386484
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia chata Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 199. 1919. — wfo-0000386485
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia chella F.A.C.Weber in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 1: 320. 1895. — wfo-0001433095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia cyanea Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 196. 1919. — wfo-0000386596
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia demorenia Forbes Hort. Tour Germ.: 160. 1837. — wfo-0000386563
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia demoriana C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 508. 1846. — wfo-0000386556
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia deppei H.L.Wendl. ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 508. 1846. — wfo-0000386567
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia dichotoma J.Forbes Hort. Tour Germ.: 157. 1837. — wfo-0000386562
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia dillenii subsp. melanosperma (Svenson) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 35(122): 180 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200067770
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia diversispina Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 197. 1919. — wfo-0000385782
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia echios subsp. barringtonensis (E.Y.Dawson) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 35(122): 180 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200067972
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia echios subsp. inermis (E.Y.Dawson) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 35(122): 181 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200067973
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia echios subsp. zacana (J.T.Howell) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 35(122): 181 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200067974
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia engelmannii subsp. flexispina (Griffiths) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 35(122): 181 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200067772
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia engelmannii subsp. linguiformis (Griffiths) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 35(122): 182 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200067975
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia erecta K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 11: 181. 1901. — wfo-0000386546
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia festiva Sencke ex Haage Verz. Cact.: 29. 1864. — wfo-0000385785
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia flavispina C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 508. 1846. — wfo-0000385751
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia hanburyana F.A.C.Weber ex A.Berger in Gard. Chron., ser 3, 1904(1): 34. 1904. — wfo-0000385866
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia hitchenii J.Forbes Hort. Tour Germ.: 159. 1837. — wfo-0000385853
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia horstii Heinrich Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 10. 1963. — wfo-0000385816
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia intermedia A.Gray in Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 206. 1850. — wfo-0000385829
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia irrorata Mart. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 154. 1837. — wfo-0000385834
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia ithypetala Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 529. 1916. — wfo-0000385830
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia jussieui J.N.Haage ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 508. 1846. — wfo-0000385824
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia kingstoniana Guiggi Phytotaxa 573(2): 219. 2022 [23 Nov 2022] [epublished] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000041667
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia kuehnrichii Backeb. in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 3: 132. 1932. — wfo-0000385821
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia laiglonii Frič in Ceskoslov. Zahradn. Listy 1924: 122. 1924. — wfo-0000385651
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia longiglochia C.Z.Nelson in Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci. 12: 120. 1919. — wfo-0000390802
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia longispina Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 156. 1837. — wfo-0000385663
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia loomsii Peebles in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 9: 109. 1938. — wfo-0001289809
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia lucida Hort. in Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 14: 146. 1889. — wfo-0000385661
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia macrantha Gibbes in Proc. Elliott Soc. Nat. Hist. Charleston 1: 273. 1858. — wfo-0000385654
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia macrorhiza var. greenei (J.M.Coult.) Bulot Succulentes 2002(numéro spécial): 39. [Apr 2002] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200027587
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia megasperma subsp. mesophytica (Lundh) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 35(122): 182 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200067976
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia monacanthos f. jejuensis Jekuk Kim ex Y.S.Yang – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200027045
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia montana Sencke ex Haage Verz. Cact.: 29. 1864. — wfo-0000386584
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia morenoi K.Schum. Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 107. 1898. — wfo-0000386557
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia myriacantha Link & Otto ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 2: 221. 1841. — wfo-0000386539
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia neorutila Y.Itô Cactaceae: 85. 1981. — wfo-0000386533
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia opuntia J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 432. 1896. — wfo-0000385710
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia ottonis Ser. – — wfo-1200069394
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia ottonis Ser. Fl. Jard. 2: 436. 1847 [Apr 1847] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200069395
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia papyracantha K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 694. 1897–1899. — wfo-0000385734
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia peckii J.A.Purpus in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 34: 63. 1925. — wfo-0000385717
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia phyllacantha Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 508. 1846. — wfo-0000385719
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia piccolomini Hort. in Gartenflora 36: 39. 1887. — wfo-0000385675
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia praecox J.Forbes Hort. Tour Germ.: 160. 1837. — wfo-0000386008
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia protracta Lem. ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 508. 1846. — wfo-0000386004
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia pseudo-tuna Salm-Dyck Observ. Bot. Hort. Dyck. 3: 7. 1822. — wfo-0001262835
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia repens subsp. taylorii (Britton & Rose) Guiggi Phytotaxa 573(2): 222. 2022 [23 Nov 2022] [epublished] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200024970
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia reptans Karw. ex W.H.Baxter Suppl. Hort. Brit.: 599. 1850. — wfo-0000386016
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia salicornoides Spreng. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 141. 1837. — wfo-0000385994
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia salmii J.Forbes Hort. Tour Germ.: 158. 1837. — wfo-0000385993
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia schomburgkii Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 48. 1845. — wfo-0000386060
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia sect. Stapeliaster C.Hess Spezielle Pflanzenkunde 2: 464. 1846 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000040962
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia securigera Borg Cacti: 67. 1937. — wfo-0000386084
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia spinulosa Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 46. 1845. — wfo-0000386062
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia straminea Sencke ex Haage Verz. Cact.: 30. 1864. — wfo-0000385758
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia subgen. Sphaeraria Haw. Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 7(38): 118. 1830 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000040929
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia virens Ten. in Atti Riunione Sci. Ital. 7: 886. 1846. — wfo-0000385887
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Opuntia woodburyi (W.H.Earle) Stock Haseltonia 30(1): 9 2023 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000056976