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Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.

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

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

Name

Synonyms
Cactus bonplandii Kunth
Cactus compressus Salisb.
Cactus decumanus Willd.
Cactus decumanus Willd. ex Schltr.
Cactus elongatus Willd.
Cactus ficus Thunb.
Cactus ficus-indica L.
Cactus lanceolatus Haw.
Cactus opuntia Guss.
Cactus opuntia L.
Opuntia alfagayucca Karw.
Opuntia alfagayucca Karw. ex Salm-Dyck
Opuntia apurimacensis (F.Ritter) R.Crook & Mottram
Opuntia beckeriana K.Schum.
Opuntia bonarensis Speg.
Opuntia bonplandii (Kunth) F.A.C.Weber
Opuntia castillae Griffiths
Opuntia decumana Haw.
Opuntia elongata Haw.
Opuntia elongata var. laevior Salm-Dyck
Homonyms
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.
Opuntia ficus-indica Haw., 1812
Common names
Bajtar ta' Gindja in Maltese
Bajtar tax-xewk in Maltese
Barbary fig in English
Barbary fig in English
Barbary-fig in English
Feigenkaktus in German
Fico d'India in Italian
Figuier de Barbarie in French
Franċiż in Maltese
Frenk inciri in Turkish
Gewöhnlicher Feigenkaktus in German
Indian Fig in language.
Indian Fig Prickly Pear in language.
Indian-fig in English
Indian-fig in language.
Indian-fig in English
Indian-fig prickly-pear in English
Ingliż in Maltese
Isfar in Maltese
Mission Cactus in English
Nopal de Castilla in Spanish
Nopal de Castilla in Spanish
Smooth Mountain Prickly Pear in language.
Tuberous Prickly Pear in English
Tuna Mansa in English
Tuna de Castilla in language.
boereturksvy in Afrikaans
chumba in Spanish
chumbera in Spanish
chumbera in Spanish
figo-da-Espanha in Portuguese
figo-da-espanha in Portuguese
figo-da-Índia in Portuguese
figo-da-índia in Portuguese
figueira-da-Barbária in Portuguese
figueira-da-índia in Spanish
figueira-da-índia in Portuguese
figuier d'Inde in French
figuier de Barbarie in French
fikonkaktus in Swedish
fragkosykia in Greek, Modern (1453-)
grootdoringturksvy in Afrikaans
higuera in Spanish
higuera chumba in Spanish
jamaracá in Portuguese
jamaracá in Portuguese
jurumbeba in Portuguese
jurumbeba in Portuguese
mission cactus in English
mission prickly-pear in English

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. Svenska kärlväxtnamn (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Databas levererad av Thomas Karlsson 2011-06-16
  5. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021dgc), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=OPFI
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