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Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 207 (1850)

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck
Opuntia engelmannii var. flexispina (Griffiths) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava
Homonyms
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.
Common names
/ in French
Cactus-apple in English
Cow Tongue Prickly Pear in English
Cow's Tongue Cactus in English
Desert Prickly Pear in English
Discus Prickly Pear in English
Engelmann's Pricklypear in English
Engelmann's prickly-pear in English
Engelmann's prickly-pear in English
Figo-pera-lanoso in Portuguese
Nopal Cuijo in Spanish
Nopal arrastradillo in Spanish
Oponce d’Engelmann in French
Oponce d’Engelmann, Opuntia d’Engelmann in French
Opuntia d’Engelmann in French
Small Round-Leaved Prickly Pear in English
Texas prickly-pear in English
cactus-apple in English
cholla in Spanish
chumbera in Spanish
cowtongue cactus in English
cowtongue cactus in English
cowtongue prickly-pear in English
cowtongue prickly-pear in English
desert prickly-pear in English
desert prickly-pear in English
discus prickly-pear in English
discus prickly-pear in English
few-spine marble-fruit prickly-pear in English
few-spine marble-fruit prickly-pear in English
héel in language.
kleinrondeblaarturksvy in Afrikaans
luumuopuntia in Finnish
opuncia Engelmannova in Slovak
opuncja Engelmanna in Polish
tuna in English
tuna in English
tuna in Spanish
Опунция Энгельманна in Russian
Cactus-apple in English
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