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Opuntia Mill.

Group: Dicot Rank: genus Herbarium Placement: Monsanto, 2nd, B, 210

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Published In: The Gardeners Dictionary...Abridged...fourth edition 974. 1754. (Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4))

Name publication detail

Type Specimens

LT: Opuntia vulgaris Mill. - The Gardeners Dictionary: . . . eighth edition no. 1. 1768. LT designated by N. L. Britton & J. N. Rose, Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 503 (20 Feb 1908)

Higher Taxa:

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Concept:

class: Equisetopsida C. Agardh
subclass: Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
superorder: Caryophyllanae Takht.
order: Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
family: Cactaceae Juss.

Conservation Status:

CITES Appendix II - Trade controlled to avoid use incompatable with species survival - Global
- Reference UNEP WCMC 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339.
- Conservation System UNEP WCMC 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339.

Common Names:

cholla cactus (English, United States)
- Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr 1995. (none). Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
prickly-pear (English, United States)
- Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr 1995. (none). Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
tuna-plant (English, United States)
- Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr 1995. (none). Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
xian ren zhang shu
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