Cactaceae
Opuntia

Opuntia tuna (L.) Mill.

First published in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1768)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico, S. Jamaica. It is a succulent shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Introduced into:

Assam, Bangladesh, Canary Is., Cayman Is., China Southeast, Colombia, Florida, France, Galápagos, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, India, Italy, Madagascar, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Portugal, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2022). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.573.2.3. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Berhaut, J. (1974). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 2: 1-695. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Guiggi, A. & Mariotti, M. (2019). Notes about the Berger’s new Opuntia s.l. species (Cactaceae) described from the Hanbury Botanical Gardens collection. Phytotaxa 410: 21-55.
  • Mottram, R. (2013). Linnaean cactus legacy. The Cactician 3: 1-83.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
  • Vázquez Pardo, F.M. & García Alonso, D. (2017). Aproximación al conocimiento del grupo Opuntia Mill. (s.l.) (Cactaceae) en Extremadura (España). Folia Botanica Extremadurensis 11: 51-75.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2022). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.573.2.3. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Bhellum, B.L. (2012). Flora exotica of Jammu and Kashmir (List- I). Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 36: 33-45.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1999). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 13: 1-284. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
  • George, A.S. & Menadue, M. (eds.) (1984). Flora of Australia 4: 1-354. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Holmes, K. (2016). Morphological and Ecological Characterization of Opuntia Miller on the Coast of South Carolina. All Theses 2466: 1-110. TigerPrints.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Vázquez Pardo, F.M. & García Alonso, D. (2017). Aproximación al conocimiento del grupo Opuntia Mill. (s.l.) (Cactaceae) en Extremadura (España). Folia Botanica Extremadurensis 11: 51-75.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
United Kingdom K:SPC-65808.000 No
Robertson [5252] Jamaica K000100710 No
[0] K000101023 No
Brown, E., N. [0] K000101022 No
[0] Nigeria Opuntia dillenii K000100956 No
Bourgeaux [0] Opuntia dillenii K000100487 No
Wood, I., J. R. [3066] Yemen Opuntia dillenii K000100475 No
Madsen [61042] Ecuador Opuntia dillenii K000275248 No
Gamble [21764] India Opuntia dillenii K000100504 No
Ern et al [1061] Togo Opuntia dillenii K000100510 No
Hall [2691] Ghana Opuntia dillenii K000100509 No
[0] Opuntia dillenii K000100959 No
Lushington et al [0] India Opuntia dillenii K000100502 No
Madsen [61042] Ecuador Opuntia dillenii K000275249 No
Shi Ying Hu [10410] Hong Kong Opuntia dillenii K000100492 No
[0] Hong Kong Opuntia dillenii K000100490 No
Howard [18383] Opuntia dillenii K000100689 No
[0] Opuntia dillenii K000100957 No
Tutcher [0] Hong Kong Opuntia dillenii K000100491 No
Meyers; Dinsmore [6278] Israel Opuntia dillenii K000100477 No
Gaumer; Sons [23258] Mexico Opuntia dillenii K000062523 No
Terry et al [205] Botswana Opuntia dillenii K000100534 No
[0] India Opuntia dillenii K000100501 No
Rose [0] Mexico Opuntia dillenii K000062525 No
Combs [648] Cuba Opuntia dillenii K000100682 No
Howard [18671] Opuntia dillenii K000100691 No
Moldenke [938] United States Opuntia dillenii K000100626 No
[0] Opuntia dillenii K000100958 No
Howard [18386] Opuntia dillenii K000100688 No
Saheru [474] Iraq Opuntia dillenii K000100481 No
Matthew, M., K. [RHT7181] Opuntia dillenii K000275273 No
[0] India Opuntia dillenii K000100505 No
Wilson [7904] Bahamas, The Opuntia dillenii K000100625 No
Howard [18684] Opuntia dillenii K000100690 No
Gamble [16410] India Opuntia dillenii K000100503 No
Coorey [69091405] Sri Lanka Opuntia dillenii K000100497 No
Opuntia dillenii K:SPC-14480.000 No
Baker [2688] Cuba Opuntia dillenii K000100683 No
Adams, M. [27] Opuntia dillenii K000100687 Yes
Bourgeaux [13] Opuntia dillenii K000100486 No
Wood, I., J. R. [3371] Yemen Opuntia dillenii K000100476 No
Robertson [5519] Jamaica Opuntia dillenii K000100684 No
[33] Opuntia dillenii K000100485 No
Hall [2691] Ghana Opuntia dillenii K000100508 No
Gaumer [626] Mexico Opuntia dillenii K000062526 No
Taylor, N.; Zappi, D.C.; Eggli [1350] Brazil Opuntia dillenii K000004952 Yes
Ekman H [H7969] Haiti Opuntia dillenii K000100686 No
von Türckheim, H. [2678] Opuntia dillenii K000100685 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0