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Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Med. Fl. 2: 247 (1830)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Caryophyllales
family
Cactaceae
genus
Opuntia
species
Opuntia humifusa

Name

Synonyms
Cactus italicus Ten. ex Steud.
Opuntia impedata Small
Opuntia mesacantha var. grandiflora (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
Opuntia pumila Vierh. & Hand.-Mazz.
Opuntia turgida Small
Homonyms
Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
Common names
Creeping prickly-pear in English
Devil's-Tongue in English
Eastern Prickly-pear in English
Fico d'India nano in Italian
Fico d'India nano in Italian
Fico d'India nano in Italian
Figuier d'Inde in French
Figuier d'Inde in French
Figuier d'Inde in French
Figuier d'Inde in French
Gemeine Opuntie in German
Gemeine Opuntie in German
Gemeine Opuntie in German
Gemeiner Feigenkaktus in German
Gemeiner Feigenkaktus in German
Gemeiner Feigenkaktus in German
Nopal del Este in Spanish
Nopal del este in Spanish
Oponce commune in French
Oponce commune in French
Oponce commune in French
Oponce couché, Figuier d'Inde couché, Figuier de Barbarie couché, Raquette couchée, Opuntia couché in French
creeping prickly-pear in language.
creeping prickly-pear in English
creeping prickly-pear in English
creeping-pear in English
creeping-pear in English
devil's tongue in English
devil's-tongue in English
devil's-tongue in language.
eastern prickly pear in English
eastern prickly-pear in English
heverő medvetalpkaktusz in Hungarian
krypopuntia in Swedish
krypopuntia in Swedish
large-flower prickly-pear in English
large-flower prickly-pear in English
large-flowered prickly pear in English
low prickly-pear in English
low prickly-pear in English
low pricklypear in English
língua-do-diabo in Portuguese
língua-do-diabo in Portuguese
oponce de l'Est in French
opuncia rozprestretá in Slovak
opuncie poléhavá in Czech
opuncja zabrudzona in Polish
pricklypear in language.
smooth prickly-pear in English
smooth prickly-pear in English
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