Opuntia ficus-indica

Botanical classification

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Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Opuntia ficus-indica. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

54 synonyms in this snapshot · page 1 of 2

• Cactus compressusName author: Salisb.
• Cactus decumanusName author: Willd.
• Cactus elongatusName author: Willd.
• Cactus ficusName author: Thunb.
• Cactus ficus-indicaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
• Cactus lanceolatusName author: Haw.
• Cactus maximusName author: Colla
• Cactus opuntiaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
• Cactus opuntia var. ficus-indicaName author: (L.) DC.
• Cactus opuntia var. latifoliusName author: Risso
• Opuntia alfagayuccaName author: Karw. ex Salm-Dyck
• Opuntia amyclaeaName author: Ten.
• Opuntia apurimacensisName author: (F.Ritter) R.Crook & Mottram
• Opuntia arkansanaName author: Engelm. ex Hirscht
• Opuntia caespitosaName author: Raf.
• Opuntia compressaName author: J.F.Macbr.
• Opuntia cordobensisName author: Speg.
• Opuntia crassaName author: Haw.
• Opuntia crassa var. majorName author: Pfeiff.
• Opuntia decumanaName author: (Willd.) Haw.
• Opuntia elongataName author: (Willd.) Haw.
• Opuntia elongata var. laeviorName author: Salm-Dyck
• Opuntia ficus-barbaricaName author: A.Berger
• Opuntia ficus-indica f. amyclaeaName author: (Ten.) Schelle
• Opuntia ficus-indica f. decumanaName author: (Willd.) Schelle
• Opuntia ficus-indica f. gymnocarpaName author: (F.A.C.Weber) Schelle
• Opuntia ficus-indica f. reticulataName author: Backeb.
• Opuntia ficus-indica var. amyclaeaName author: (Ten.) A.Berger
• Opuntia ficus-indica var. decumanaName author: (Willd.) Speg.
• Opuntia ficus-indica var. elongataName author: Schelle
• Opuntia ficus-indica var. gymnocarpaName author: (F.A.C.Weber) Speg.
• Opuntia ficus-indica var. sabotenName author: Makino
• Opuntia fusicaulisName author: Griffiths
• Opuntia glaberrimaName author: Pfeiff.
• Opuntia glaucaName author: Pfeiff.
• Opuntia gymnocarpaName author: F.A.C.Weber
• Opuntia labouretianaName author: K.Schum.
• Opuntia lanceolataName author: (Haw.) Haw.
• Opuntia leiascheinvarianaName author: Martínez-Gonz. & Gallegos
• Opuntia leucostataName author: J.Forbes
• Opuntia maximaName author: Mill.
• Opuntia megacantha var. tenuispinaName author: Salm-Dyck
• Opuntia mexicanaName author: Pfeiff.
• Opuntia obovataName author: Griffiths
• Opuntia opuntiaName author: (L.) H.Karst.
• Opuntia paraguayensisName author: K.Schum.
• Opuntia parvulaName author: Salm-Dyck
• Opuntia tribuloidesName author: Griffiths
• Opuntia tuna-blancaName author: Speg.
• Opuntia umbrellaName author: Steud.