Taxonomy Profile: Opuntia (Mill)

Opuntia: 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
JG Ortega
Opuntia guilanchi
Griffiths
Opuntia darrahiana
FAC Weber
Opuntia crassa
Haw
Opuntia conjungens
F Ritter PJ Braun & Esteves
Opuntia deamii
Rose
Opuntia crystalenia
Griffiths
Opuntia howeyi
JA 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 FAC Weber
Opuntia tapona
Engelm ex JM Coult
Opuntia orbiculata
Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff
Opuntia longispina
Haw
Opuntia securigera
Borg
Opuntia spinulifera
Salm-Dyck
Opuntia ritteri
A Berger
Common Name(s):
pricklypear []
figues de Barbarie []
cholla []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Opuntia: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Plantae
plants |
Planta |
Vegetal |
plantes |
Subkingdom : Viridiplantae
green plants |
Infrakingdom : Streptophyta
land plants |
Superdivision : Embryophyta
Phylum : Tracheophyta
vascular plants |
tracheophytes |
Subphylum : Spermatophytina
spermatophytes |
seed plants |
phanérogames |
Superorder : Caryophyllanae
Family : Cactaceae
cactus |
cacti |
Genus : Opuntia
pricklypear |
figues de Barbarie |
cholla |
Opuntia Direct Children(s):
Opuntia atrispina
(Griffiths)
Opuntia basilaris
(Engelm & JM Bigelow)
Opuntia chlorotica
(Engelm & JM Bigelow)
Opuntia X cubensis
(Britton & Rose pro sp)
Opuntia X demissa
(Griffiths pro sp)
Opuntia fragilis
(Nutt Haw)
Opuntia humifusa
(Raf Raf)
Opuntia littoralis
(Engelm Cockerell)
Opuntia nicholii
(LD Benson)
Opuntia X occidentalis
(Engelm & JM Bigelow pro sp)
Opuntia oricola
(Philbrick)
Opuntia pusilla
(Haw Nutt)
Opuntia rufida
(Engelm)
Opuntia stricta
(Haw Haw)
Opuntia strigil
(Engelm)
Opuntia tomentosa
(Salm-Dyck)
Opuntia triacantha
(Willd Sweet)
Opuntia aureispina
(S Brack & KD Heil Pinkava & BD Parfitt)
Opuntia chisosensis
(MS Anthony DJ Ferguson)
Opuntia santa-rita
(Griffiths & Hare Rose)
Opuntia X spinosibacca
(MS Anthony pro sp)
Opuntia borinquensis
(Britton & Rose)
Opuntia monacantha
(Willd Haw)
Opuntia tuna
(L Mill)
Opuntia valida
(Griffiths)
Opuntia aurea
(EM Baxter)
Opuntia discata
(Griffiths)
Opuntia pottsii
(Salm-Dyck)
Opuntia tortispina
(Engelm & JM Bigelow)
Opuntia pinkavae
(BD Parfitt)
Opuntia taylorii
(Britton & Rose)
Opuntia pittieri
(Britton & Rose)
Opuntia pycnantha
(Engelm ex JM Coult)
Opuntia quimilo
(K Schum)
Opuntia quitensis
(FAC Weber)
Opuntia X rooneyi
(MP Griff)
Opuntia salmiana
(J Parm ex Pfeiff)
Opuntia schumannii
(FAC Weber ex A Berger)
Opuntia soederstromiana
(Britton & Rose)
Opuntia sulphurea
(G Don ex Loudon)
Opuntia wilcoxii
(Britton & Rose)
Opuntia velutina
(FAC Weber)
Opuntia tehuantepecana
(Bravo Bravo)
Opuntia pilifera
(FAC Weber)
Opuntia X aequatorialis
(Britton & Rose pro sp)
Opuntia X andersonii
(HM Hern Gómez-Hin & Bárcenas)
Opuntia apurimacensis
(F Ritter R Crook & Mottram)
Opuntia arcei
(Cárdenas)
Opuntia boldinghii
(Britton & Rose)
Opuntia bravoana
(EM Baxter)
Opuntia chaffeyi
(Britton & Rose)
Opuntia excelsa
(Sánchez-Mej)
Opuntia fuliginosa
(Griffiths)
Opuntia aciculata
(Griffiths)
Opuntia elata
(Salm-Dyck)
Opuntia delaetiana
(FAC Weber Vaupel)
Opuntia decumbens
(Salm-Dyck)
Opuntia X vaseyi
(JM Coult Britton & Rose pro sp)
Opuntia X columbiana
(Griffiths pro sp)
Opuntia X edwardsii
(VE Grant & KA Grant)
Opuntia pubescens
(JC Wendl ex Pfeiff)
Opuntia lagunae
(EM Baxter)
Opuntia caracassana
(Salm-Dyck)
Opuntia parviclada
(S Arias & Gama)
Opuntia microdasys
(Lehm Pfeiff)
Opuntia X curvispina
(Griffiths pro sp)
Opuntia X wootonii
(Griffiths pro sp)
Opuntia robusta
(HL Wendl ex Pfeiff)
Opuntia tehuacana
(S Arias & U Guzmán)
Opuntia ekmanii
(Werderm)
Opuntia X lucayana
(Britton pro sp)
Opuntia acaulis
(Ekman & Werderm)
Opuntia scheeri
(FAC Weber)
Opuntia robinsonii
(JG Ortega)
Opuntia engelmannii
(Salm-Dyck ex Engelm)
Opuntia: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Charles A. Butterworth, Ph.D.
Notes:
ITIS Cactaceae Steward
Reference for:
Opuntia
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Opuntia
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
1996-07-26
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Opuntia
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
2000-01-21
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Opuntia
Source:
Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index
Acquired:
2011-11-22
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
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hunt, David
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2006-05-01 / 2006-05-01
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
Opuntia: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Opuntia: Comments
Comment:
CITES: Appendix II listed under Cactaceae, adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)