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Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Mill. (1768). In: Gard. Dict. Ed. VIII. No. 2.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Caryophyllales
family
Cactaceae
genus
Opuntia
species
Opuntia ficus-indica

Name

Synonyms
Cactus chinensis Roxb.
Cactus decumanus Willd. ex Schltr.
Cactus ficus Thunb.
Cactus ficus-indica L.
Cactus opuntia Guss.
Cactus opuntia L.
Cactus opuntia var. ficus-indica (L.) DC.
Cactus opuntia var. latifolius Risso
Opuntia apurimacensis (F.Ritter) R.Crook & Mottram
Opuntia arcei Cárdenas
Opuntia castillae Griffiths
Opuntia chinensis (Roxb.) K.Koch
Opuntia cordobensis Speg.
Opuntia cordodensis Speg.
Opuntia ficus-indica f. reticulata Backeb.
Opuntia ficus-indica var. elongata Schelle
Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten Makino
Opuntia fusicaulis Griffiths
Opuntia glaucophylla var. laevior Salm-Dyck
Opuntia incarnadilla Griffiths
Homonyms
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.
Opuntia ficus-indica Haw., 1812
Common names
Arumbeba-cuí in Portuguese
Arumbeba-de-palma-rajada in Portuguese
Bajtar ta' Gindja in Maltese
Bajtar tax-xewk in Maltese
Barbary fig in English
Barbary fig in English
Barbary fig in English
Barbary-fig in English
Barbary-fig in English
Barberry Fig in English
Chumbeira in Galician
Cochineal Fig in English
Common Prickly Pear in English
English Prickly-Pear in English
Feigenkaktus in German
Feigenkaktus in German
Fico d'India in Italian
Fico d'India in Italian
Figavaisė opuncija in Lithuanian
Figenkaktus in Danish
Figuera de moro in Catalan–Valencian
Figuier de Barbarie in French
Figuier de Barbarie in French
Franċiż in Maltese
Frenk inciri in Turkish
Frenk inciri in Turkish
Gewöhnlicher Feigenkaktus in German
Gewöhnlicher Feigenkaktus (DE) in language.
Gewöhnlicher Feigenkaktus (DE) in language.
Indiaansche vij in Afrikaans
Indiaanse turksvy in Afrikaans
Indian Fig in language.
Indian Fig in language.
Indian Fig Prickly Pear in language.
Indian Fig Prickly Pear in language.
Indian fig opuntia in English
Indian-Fig in English
Indian-fig in English
Indian-fig in language.
Indian-fig in English
Indian-fig in English
Indian-fig prickly-pear in English
Indian-fig prickly-pear in English
Ingliż in Maltese
Irish-Mittens in English
Isfar in Maltese
Mission Cactus (EN) in language.
Mission Cactus (EN) in language.
Nopal in Portuguese
Nopal blanco in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & Celis, M. (eds.). (2015). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C. Disponible en http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  2. Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe DAISIE (2003-2016) Alien Species Database. http://www.europe-aliens.org (accessed 2016). http://www.europe-aliens.org
  3. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.,ed. 8: no. 2.,1768
  4. Porras Flórez, D., Albesiano, S., & Arrieta-Violet, L. (2017). El género Opuntia (Opuntioideae–Cactaceae) en el departamento de Santander, Colombia. Biota Colombiana, 18(2), 111–131. http://doi.org/10.21068/c2017.v18n02a07
  5. Svenska kärlväxtnamn (2011) Databas levererad av Thomas Karlsson 2011-06-16
  6. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021dgc), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=OPFI
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