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Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.

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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Cactus opuntia var. inermis DC.
Cactus strictus Haw.
Consolea bahamana (Britton & Rose) A.Berger
Opuntia airampo Phil.
Opuntia bahamana Britton & Rose
Opuntia bartramii Raf.
Opuntia bentonii Griffiths
Opuntia crassa Haw.
Opuntia crassa var. major Pfeiff.
Opuntia glaberrima Pfeiff.
Opuntia glauca Forbes, 1837
Opuntia glauca Pfeiff.
Opuntia inermis DC.
Opuntia keyensis Britton
Opuntia keyensis Britton ex Small
Opuntia longiclada Griffiths
Opuntia macracantha Gibbes
Opuntia macrantha Gibbes
Opuntia magnifica Small
Opuntia parva A.Berger
Homonyms
Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.
Common names
Araluen pear in language.
Australian pest pear in language.
Coastal Prickly Pear in language.
Feigenkaktus in language.
Nopal estricto in Spanish
Oponce in French
Pest Pear in language.
Yaaxpakan in language.
chumbera in language.
chumbera apretada in Spanish
common pest pear in language.
common prickly pear in language.
erect prickly pear in language.
erect prickly-pear in English
erect pricklypear in language.
gayndah pear in language.
nopal estricto in language.
palma-de-espinho in Portuguese
pera espinosa in Spanish
pest pear of Australia in language.
sour prickly pear in language.
spiny pest pear in language.
suurturksvy in language.
tuna in Spanish
Erect Pricklypear in English
Sour Prickle in English
Erect prickly pear in English
Nopal Estricto in Spanish
Prickle in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International CABI (2016) Invasive Species Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. http://www.cabi.org/isc (accessed 2016). http://www.cabi.org/isc
  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. Fajardo, F., Montealegre, C., & Pardo P, M. E. (2015). ZOCAMATA. Guía de plantas del cañón del Chicamocha. Fundación Natura
  4. Les, D. H., R. R. Haynes, and A. Novelo-Retana. 2009. Plants (Embryophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 261–284 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  5. Oliveira, P. S.; Rico-Gray, V.; C. Castillo-Guevara, C. D.-C. A. (1999). Interaction between ants, extrafloral nectaries and insect herbivores in Neotropical coastal sand dunes: herbivore deterrence by visiting ants increases fruit set in Opuntia stricta (Cactaceae). <em>Functional Ecology.</em> 13(5): 623-631. 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00360.x
  6. Syn. Pl. Succ.,191,1812
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