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Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Haw. (1819). In: Suppl. Pl. Succ. 82.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Cactus fragilis Haw.
Cactus fragilis Nutt.
Opuntia brachyarthra Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
Opuntia fragilis f. brachyarthra (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Schelle
Opuntia fragilis subsp. brachyarthra (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.A.C.Weber
Opuntia fragilis subsp. brachyarthra (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) W.A.Weber
Opuntia fragilis var. brachyarthra (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult.
Opuntia fragilis var. caespitosa L.H.Bailey
Opuntia fragilis var. denudata E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.
Opuntia fragilis var. fragilis
Opuntia fragilis var. parviconspicua Backeb.
Opuntia fragilis var. tuberiformis L.H.Bailey
Opuntia pes-corvi J.LeConte ex Chapm.
Opuntia pescorvae J.LeConte
Opuntia pescorvae J.LeConte ex Chapm.
Opuntia sabinii Pfeiff.
Terecaulis fragilis (Nutt.) Berge
Tunas fragilis (Nutt.) Nieuwl. & Lunell
Homonyms
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.
Opuntia fragilis hort. ex C.F.Först., 1846
Opuntia fragilis hort.
Common names
Animozidens in Ojibwa
Brittle Pricklypear in English
Fragile Cactus in English
Jumping Cactus in English
Little Prickly Pear in language.
Little Prickly Pear in language.
Palma-de-flor-amarela-grande in Portuguese
brittle cactus in language.
brittle cactus in English
brittle cactus in English
brittle cactus in English
brittle opuntia in English
brittle prickly-pear in English
brittle prickly-pear in English
brittle prickly-pear cactus in English
brittle pricklypear in English
crapaud vert in French
fragile cactus in English
fragile prickly-pear in English
fragile prickly-pear in English
hapraopuntia in Finnish
jumping cactus in English
little prickly-pear in English
little prickly-pear in English
little pricklypear in English
loose prickly-pear in English
loose prickly-pear in English
oponce fragile in French
opuncia krehká in Slovak
opuncja krucha in Polish
petit figuier d'Inde in French
raquette fragile in French
sköropuntia in Swedish
sköropuntia in Swedish
törékeny fügekaktusz in Hungarian
Опунция ломкая in Russian
アサヒ in Japanese
易折団扇 in Japanese
朝日團扇 in Chinese
脆節仙人掌 in Chinese
Brittle Prickly-pear in English
brittle prickly-pear cactus in English
oponce fragile in French
Brittle Cactus in English
Brittle Pricklypear in English
Fragile Cactus in English
Jumping Cactus in English
Little Pricklypear in English
brittle cactus in English
brittle opuntia in English
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