Opuntia cochenillifera

Opuntia cochenillifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Opuntieae
Genus: Opuntia
Species: Opuntia cochenillifera

Name

Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cactus cochenillifer L., Sp. Pl. 1: 468. 1753.
• Homotypic
  • Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849: 64. 1850.
  • Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) A.Lyons, Pl. Nam., ed. 2, 261. 1900, comb. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Opuntia magnifolia Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 22. 1790 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
  • Opuntia cochenillifera DC., Pl. Hist. Succ.: t. 137. 1804, nom. illeg., syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Cactus campechianus Thierry, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2, 6: 103. 1817 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
  • Cactus subinermis Link ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 246. 1840 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia coccinellifera Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2(2-5): 220. 1841 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Nopalea coccifera Lem., Cactées: 89. 1868 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Nopalea brittonii Houghton in J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 1(5): 4. 1929 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Nopalea nuda Backeb., Cactaceae 6: 3629. 1962 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Opuntia nuda (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley in Repert. Pl. Succ. 22: 11. 1973 syn. sec. IPNI
  • Opuntia cochinelifera (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8: Opuntia No. 6. 1768 syn. sec. ???
  • Nopalea brittonii var. variegata Houghton in J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 1(5): 4. 1929, nom. inval., syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Guatemala, Guinea, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marianas, Marquesas, Myanmar, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Senegal, Society Is., Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Miller, P. 1768. The Gardeners Dictionary: containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery. Ed. 8, 3 volumes (without pagination), John & Francis Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.541 Reference page. : ed. 8: Opuntia no. 6.

Additional references

• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Opuntia cochenillifera in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 04. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Opuntia cochenillifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia cochenillifera. Published online. Accessed: Jan 04 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia cochenillifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Jan 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opuntia cochenillifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Cochenille-Feigenkaktus
English: cochineal cactus, cochineal nopal cactus, cochineal-plant
español: nopal chamacuero, nopal de cochinilla, tunita
français: cochenillier, raquette espagnole, raquette sans piquant
Nāhuatl: Nōcheznohpalli
português: cacto-de-cochonilha, palma, palma-de-engorda, palma-doce, palma-miuda, palmatória
svenska: kochenillkaktus

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