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Opuntia  Mill.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 19686

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Salmiopuntia Fric ex Guiggi
  
    Platyopuntia (Engelm.) Fric & Schelle ex Kreuz.
  
    Opuntia guatemalensis Britton & Rose
  
    Opuntia hitchcockii J.G. Ortega
  
    Opuntia guilanchi Griffiths
  
    Opuntia darrahiana F.A.C. Weber
  
    Opuntia crassa Haw.
  
    Opuntia conjungens (F. Ritter) P.J. Braun & Esteves
  
    Opuntia deamii Rose
  
    Opuntia crystalenia Griffiths
  
    Opuntia howeyi J.A. Purpus
  
    Opuntia inaequilateralis A. Berger
  
    Opuntia karwinskiana Salm-Dyck
  
    Opuntia feroacantha Britton & Rose
  
    Opuntia elizondoana E. Sánchez M. & Villaseñor
  
    Opuntia X bernichiana hort.
  
    Opuntia armata Backeb.
  
    Opuntia bonplandii (Kunth) F.A.C. Weber
  
    Opuntia tapona Engelm. ex J.M. Coult.
  
    Opuntia orbiculata Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.
  
    Opuntia longispina Haw.
  
    Opuntia securigera Borg
  
    Opuntia spinulifera Salm-Dyck
  
    Opuntia ritteri A. Berger
  
  Common Name(s): figues de Barbarie [French]
  
    pricklypear [English]
  
    cholla [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderCaryophyllanae   
                         OrderCaryophyllales   
                            FamilyCactaceae Juss. – cactus, cacti  
                               GenusOpuntia Mill. – figues de Barbarie, pricklypear, cholla  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia acaulis Ekman & Werderm.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia aciculata Griffiths  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia X aequatorialis Britton & Rose (pro sp.)  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia anacantha Speg.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia X andersonii H.M. Hern., Gómez-Hin. & Bárcenas  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia apurimacensis (F. Ritter) R. Crook & Mottram  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia arcei Cárdenas  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia arechavaletae Speg.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia assumptionis K. Schum.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia atrispina Griffiths – Nopal calvo, border pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia aurantiaca Lindl. – tiger-pear, jointed pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia aurea E.M. Baxter – golden pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia aureispina (S. Brack & K.D. Heil) Pinkava & B.D. Parfitt – Rio Grande pricklypear, golden-spined prickly-pear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia basilaris Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow – Nopal del castor, beavertail pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia boldinghii Britton & Rose  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia borinquensis Britton & Rose – olaga 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia bravoana E.M. Baxter  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia caracassana Salm-Dyck  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia chaffeyi Britton & Rose  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia chisosensis (M.S. Anthony) D.J. Ferguson – Chisos Mountain pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia chlorotica Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow – Nopal verdoso, dollarjoint pricklypear, pancake pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia X columbiana Griffiths (pro sp.)  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia cordobensis Speg. – Argentine pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia X cubensis Britton & Rose (pro sp.) – bullsuckers 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia curassavica (L.) Mill.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia X curvispina Griffiths (pro sp.)  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia decumbens Salm-Dyck  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia delaetiana (F.A.C. Weber) Vaupel  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia X demissa Griffiths (pro sp.) – pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia depressa Rose  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia discata Griffiths – Nopal disco, smallfruit pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia X edwardsii V.E. Grant & K.A. Grant  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia ekmanii Werderm.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia elata Salm-Dyck  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia elatior Mill.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia excelsa Sánchez-Mej.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. – Nopal de Castilla, tuna cactus, Indian-fig 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. – brittle cactus, fragile cactus, jumping cactus, little pricklypear, brittle pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia fuliginosa Griffiths  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia galapageia Hensl.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia gosseliniana F.A.C. Weber – violet pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia huajuapensis Bravo  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf. – Nopal del este, devil's-tongue, pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia hyptiacantha F.A.C. Weber  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia lagunae E.M. Baxter  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia lasiacantha Pfeiff.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia leucotricha DC. – Nopal duraznillo, arborescent pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia littoralis (Engelm.) Cockerell – Nopal del litoral, coastal pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia X lucayana Britton (pro sp.)  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia macrocentra Engelm. – Nopal violaceo, purple pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia macrorhiza Engelm. – Nopal raizudo, twistspine pricklypear, grassland pricklypear, plains twistspine pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia megapotamica Arechav.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia megarrhiza Rose  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia microdasys (Lehm.) Pfeiff.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia monacantha (Willd.) Haw. – common pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia nicholii L.D. Benson – Navajo Bridge pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia X occidentalis Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow (pro sp.) – pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia oricola Philbrick – Nopal de montaña, chaparral pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia parviclada S. Arias & Gama  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia phaeacantha Engelm. – Nopal pardo, tulip pricklypear, brownspine pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia pilifera F.A.C. Weber  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia pinkavae B.D. Parfitt – Pinkava's pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia pittieri Britton & Rose  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia polyacantha Haw. – plains pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia pottsii Salm-Dyck  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia puberula Pfeiff.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia pubescens J.C. Wendl. ex Pfeiff.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia pusilla (Haw.) Nutt. – cockspur pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia pycnantha Engelm. ex J.M. Coult.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia quimilo K. Schum.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia quitensis F.A.C. Weber  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia repens Bello – roving pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia robinsonii J.G. Ortega  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia robusta H.L. Wendl. ex Pfeiff.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia X rooneyi M.P. Griff.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia rufida Engelm. – Nopal rojizo, blind pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia salmiana J. Parm. ex Pfeiff.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia sanguinea Proctor  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) Rose – Santa Rita pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia scheeri F.A.C. Weber  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia schickendantzii F.A.C. Weber  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia schumannii F.A.C. Weber ex A. Berger  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia soederstromiana Britton & Rose  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia X spinosibacca M.S. Anthony (pro sp.) – pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia stenarthra K. Schum.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia stenopetala Engelm.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia streptacantha Lem.  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw. – Nopal estricto, erect pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia strigil Engelm. – marblefruit pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia sulphurea G. Don ex Loudon  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia taylorii Britton & Rose  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia tehuacana S. Arias & U. Guzmán  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia tehuantepecana (Bravo) Bravo  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia tomentosa Salm-Dyck – Nopal chamacuerito, woollyjoint pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia tortispina Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia triacantha (Willd.) Sweet – Spanish lady 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia tuna (L.) Mill. – elephantear pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia valida Griffiths – San Antonio pricklypear 
                                  SpeciesOpuntia X vaseyi (J.M. Coult.) Britton & Rose (pro sp.)  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia velutina F.A.C. Weber  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia wilcoxii Britton & Rose  
                                  SpeciesOpuntia X wootonii Griffiths (pro sp.)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Charles A. Butterworth, Ph.D.   
  Notes: ITIS Cactaceae Steward   
  Reference for: Opuntia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: figues de Barbarie[French]   
       
  Source: Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index, CD-ROM (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Opuntia   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Opuntia   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Opuntia   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Opuntia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hunt, David   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The New Cactus Lexicon: Text   
  Page(s): x + 373   
  Publisher: dh books   
  Publication Place: Milborne Port, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9538134-5-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Opuntia   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: CITES: Appendix II listed under Cactaceae, adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)  
 

 

    


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