Characteristics
Dicots
Opuntia ficus-indica L.
TUNA CACTUS
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Not Native
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Classification
CARYOPHYLLALES
Opuntia ficus-indica L. - TUNA CACTUS
Citation
OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (Linnaeus) Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.
BASIONYM: Cactus ficus-indica Linnaeus 1753.
TYPE: Cult. in Sweden, without data, Linnaeus s.n. (neotype: S-LINN). Neotypified by Leuenberger, Taxon 40: 625. 1991.
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