Opuntia tuna

Taxonavigation edit

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
Series: O. ser. Tunae
Species: Opuntia tuna

Name edit

  • Opuntia tuna (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 3. 1768.

Synonyms edit

  • Cactus tuna L., Sp. Pl.: 468. 1753 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cactus opuntia var. tuna (L.) DC., Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 13. 1813 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    • Cactus horridus Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 348. 1796 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
    • Cactus humilis Haw., Misc. Nat.: 187. 1803 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    • Opuntia humilis Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 189. 1812 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia polyantha Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 190. 1812 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cactus tuna var. flava Sims in Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1557. 1813 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia pseudotuna Salm-Dyck, Observ. Bot. Hort. Dyck. 3: 7. 1822 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cactus polyanthos Sims in Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2691. 1826 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia horrida Salm-Dyck ex DC., Prodr. 3: 472. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia coccinea Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 161. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia flexibilis Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 161. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia spinaurea Karw. ex Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 46. 1845 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia multiflora G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 503. 1886 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia tuna var. manse Orcutt in W. Amer. Sci. 7: 157. 1891 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    • Opuntia jamaicensis Britton & Harris in Torreya 11: 130. 1911 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia ledienii A.Berger, Hort. Mortol.: 233. 1912 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia megalantha Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 530. 1916 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia maidenii Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 201. 1919 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia tuna var. cubaguensis Gentry, Allan Hancock Atlantic Exped. 2(6): 11. 1948 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Notes edit

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Jamaica

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

Mottram, R. (2013) Linnaean cactus legacy. The Cactician 3: 1–83 [1].

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

magyar: tunakaktusz
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