Datasets

datasets have provided data to the Atlas of Living Australia for this genus.

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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Opuntia Mill.
  • APC
According to:Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census
Synonym Source
Austrocylindropuntia Backeb. pro-parte
  • APC
Published in:Backeberg, C. in Backeberg, C. (ed.) (1938), Blatter fur Kakteenforschung. Bulletin of Cactus Research [21]
Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth pro-parte
  • APC
Published in:Backeberg, C. & Knuth, F.M. (1936), Kaktus-ABC, en Haandbog for Fagfolk og Amatorer [117, 410]
Nopalea Salm-Dyck heterotypic
  • APC
Published in:Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, J.F.M.A.H.I.F. zu (1850), Cacteae in Horto Dyckensi Cultae. Anno 1849 [63-64, 233]
Corynopuntia F.M.Knuth unreviewedSynonym
  • APNI
Common Name Source
Prickly Pear preferred Australia Australia
Cholla New Zealand New Zealand
  • NZOR
Prickly Pear Australia Australia
  • APC
Prickly Pears Australia Australia
  • APC
Prickly Pears Australia Australia
  • APC
Tiger Pear Australia Australia
  • APC
Name Source
Opuntia Mill. accepted
  • APC
Opuntia Mill. accepted
  • NZOR
Identifier Source
https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/55057 Scientific Name current
  • APC
https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/603025 Taxon Concept current
  • APC
http://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51269889 Taxon unknown
  • APC
http://data.nzor.org.nz/names/1cf6b7bd-367c-4c6d-86c6-aea3c344b501 Scientific Name current
  • NZOR
NZOR-6-101789 Taxon current
  • NZOR
https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51269889 Taxon current
  • APC

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Charophyta
class
Equisetopsida
subclass
Magnoliidae
superorder
Caryophyllanae
order
Caryophyllales
family
Cactaceae
genus
Opuntia
species
Opuntia Schrank (C.Schrank s.n. AD98351226) 
species
Opuntia arbuscula Engelm. 
species
Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl. 
species
Opuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) Haw. 
species
Opuntia cylindrica (Lam.) DC. 
species
Opuntia davisii Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow 
species
Opuntia dejecta Salm-Dyck 
species
Opuntia dillenii (Ker Gawl.) Haw. 
species
Opuntia elata Link & Otto ex Salm-Dyck 
species
Opuntia elatior Mill. 
species
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. 
species
Opuntia erinacea Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow 
species
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. 
species
Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf. 
species
Opuntia leoglossa Font & M.Köhler 
species
Opuntia leucotricha DC. 
species
Opuntia linguiformis Griffiths 
species
Opuntia microdasys (Lehm.) Pfeiff. 
species
Opuntia monacantha Haw. 
species
Opuntia nigricans (Haw.) Haw. 
species
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm. 
species
Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 
species
Opuntia puberula Pfeiff. 
species
Opuntia robusta J.C.Wendl. ex Pfeiff. 
species
Opuntia rufida Engelm. 
species
Opuntia schickendantzii F.A.C.Weber 
species
Opuntia sp. A 
species
Opuntia sp. A 
species
Opuntia sp. B 
species
Opuntia sp. B 
species
Opuntia sp. C 
species
Opuntia sp. C 
species
Opuntia sp. Schrank (C.Schrank s.n. AD98351226) SA Herbarium 
species
Opuntia sphaerocarpa Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow 
species
Opuntia streptacantha Lem. 
species
Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw. 
species
Opuntia sulphurea Gillies ex Salm-Dyck 
species
Opuntia tomentosa Salm-Dyck 
species
Opuntia tuna (L.) Mill. 

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