Cactaceae

Opuntia Mill.

First published in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is New World.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Albania, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Ascension, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Free State, Gambia, Great Britain, Greece, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malaya, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Society Is., Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turks-Caicos Is., Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gard. Dict., Abr. ed. 4 (1754)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Nee, M.; Villarroel, D.; Colque, O. [53748] Bolivia K000543438 No
Jan 1, 2001 Hernández, H.M. [3312] Mexico K000035778 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Hernández, H.M. [3312] Mexico K000035782 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Harley, R.M.; Taylor, N.; Zappi, D.C. [25504] Brazil K:SPC-77025.000 No
Hutchison [1265] Peru K000100789 No
Hill [607] Bolivia K000275259 No
Hunt, D.R. [7225] K:SPC-48274.000 No
Araque; Barkley [19Ar305] Argentina K000100936 No
Zardini, E.M. [39225] Paraguay K000100251 No
Palmer [210] Mexico K000062560 No
Weinberg [0] Argentina K000100925 No
Phillips [13,222] United States K000100634 No
Rose [11751] United States K000100884 No
Palmer [97] Mexico K000062571 No
Greenway [1547] Tanzania K000100531 No
Hutchison [1235] Peru K000100787 No
Chapman [0] United States K000100645 No
Heller [1749] United States K000100644 No
Stafford [942] Peru K000251429 No
Cook; Harris, T. [0] India K000275269 No
Berger [0] Italy K000035291 Yes
Cumana; Veliz [4061] Venezuela K000100809 No
Bourne [0] India K000275268 No
Palmer [95] Mexico K000062564 No
Standley [09.332] United States K000100646 No
Schweinfurth; Riva [1693] Eritrea K000100515 No
Stafford [952] Peru K000100805 No
Shafer [142] Paraguay K000100716 No
Philcox, D. [7986] Trinidad and Tobago K:SPC-29047.438 No
Brown, N.S. [0] K000100944 No
Adams, B.R. [M14] K000035298 Yes
Zanoni, T.A.; et al [30306] Dominican Republic K000251424 No
Hutchison [1248] Peru K000275261 No
Agostini et al [124] Venezuela K000100814 No
Conway [0] Bolivia K000275258 No
Shafer [114] Argentina K000100940 No
Stafford [955] Peru K000251435 No
Wilcox [0] Guatemala K000100669 No
Reed [0] Chile K000251194 No
Johnston [0] Mauritius K000100543 No
Plimpton [13,246] United States K000100635 No
Shafer [49] Argentina K000100923 No
Shafer [89] Argentina K000100931 No
Zardini, E.M.; Aquino [34245] Paraguay K000100042 No
Philippi [0] Chile K000100942 No
Matthew [RHT 30879] India K000035738 No
Stubbs J Portugal K:SPC-65840.000 No
Hector [0] Australia K000275301 No
Stafford [1030] Peru K000251425 No
Williams [2461] Bolivia K000275260 No
Bunting [8244] Venezuela K000100812 No
Wright [0] United States K000100662 No
Zardini, E.M.; Aquino [28586] Paraguay K000100047 No
Lemos; Balsinhas [1] K000100540 No
Palmer [214] Mexico K000062561 No
Ekman [2911] Cuba K000035304 Yes
Langlasse [868] Mexico K000062566 No
Wright [0] United States K000100632 No
Baker [477] United States K000100870 No
Palmer [211] Mexico K000062567 No
Pearson [09.396] United States K000100639 No
Curran; Haman [13] K000100673 No
Hooker; Gray [0] United States K000100641 No
Eyerdam et al [23464] Argentina K000100930 No
Stafford [976] Peru K000100807 No
Canada K:SPC-65874.000 No
Bang, M. [2499] Bolivia K000100743 No
Wheeler, L.C. [12687] Sri Lanka K000544366 No
Taylor, N.; Zappi, D.C.; Eggli [1398] Brazil K000004983 Yes
Phillips [7a] K000100699 No
Zardini, E.M.; Tilleria [35762] Paraguay K000100045 No
Webster [65] Peru K000275267 No
Palmer [215] Mexico K000062565 No
Hinton [3373] Mexico K000062576 No
Stafford [856] Peru K000100788 Holotype No
Zardini, E.M.; Guerrero [36769] Paraguay K000100037 No
Hutchison [1251] Peru K000275265 No
Adams, B.R. [M14] K000035297 Yes
Stafford [954] Peru K000251432 No
Shafer [8] Argentina K000100932 No
Zardini, E.M.; Aquino [33584] Paraguay K000100043 No
[0] K000250785 No
Stafford [1030] Peru K000100806 No
Wilcox [0] Mexico K000062574 No
Bourne [0] India K000275272 No
Stork; Horton [9995] Peru K000100808 No
Madsen [50052] Ecuador K000100795 No
Bunting; Borges Moro [5330] Venezuela K000100813 No
Kunze [1906] United States K000100651 No
Rose [16422] Mexico K000062570 No
Sheldon [0] Mexico K000062547 No
Zardini, E.M.; Garcete [28699] Paraguay K000100048 No
Pearson [0] United States K000100638 No
Mackensen [0] United States K000100650 No
Stafford [952] Peru K000251433 No
Eyerdam; Beetle [22255] Argentina K000100939 No
Howard [18653] K000035302 Yes
Lemos; Balsinhas [1] K000100541 No
Onochie, C.F.A. [31546] Nigeria K:SPC-30711.000 No
Hutchison [1230] Peru K000100786 No
Pennell et al [8386] Colombia K000100802 No
Adams, M. [32] K000213327 Yes
Stafford [856] Peru K000251431 Holotype No
[0] K000101030 No
Howard [18443] K000035299 Yes
Shafer [61] Argentina K000100924 No
Rose [18093] United States K000100636 No
[14983] Tunisia K000100483 No
Nelson [155] United States K000100649 No
Werdermann [831] Chile K000100928 No
[0] K000101029 No
Clokey [8028] United States K000100845 No
Hooker; Gray [0] United States K000100640 No
Stafford [866] Peru K000251428 No
[14820] K000101034 No
Bunting [5149] Venezuela K000100815 No
Howard [18612] K000035301 Yes
Zardini, E.M.; Tilleria [31991] Paraguay K000100046 No
Stafford [951] Peru K000275263 No
Pittier [0] Colombia K000100803 No
Stewart [3007] Ecuador K000275250 No
Bunting [8228] Venezuela K000100811 No
Lealan's Nurseries K:SPC-49743.000 No
Griffiths [7467] United States K000100653 No
Langlasse [828] Mexico K000062562 No
[0] Jamaica K000100712 No
Rose [11753] United States K000100885 No
Clokey [8434] United States K000251416 No
Veliz [17] Venezuela K000100810 No
Zardini, E.M.; Benitez Bertoni [38312] Paraguay K000100044 No
Williams [0] Argentina K000100009 No
Smith, C., A. [10442] K000035303 Yes
Gillies [0] Argentina K000100929 No
Palmer [212] Mexico K000062563 No
Townsend; Barber [75] Mexico K000062528 No
Woolston, A.L. [1162] Paraguay K:SPC-27542.000 No
Nee, M. [51190] Bolivia K000251163 No
Zardini, E.M. [35762] Paraguay K000100235 No
Palmer [211] Mexico K000062529 No
Zappi, D.C. [109] Paraguay K000275198 No
Standley [09.332] United States K000100637 No
Zardini, E.M.; Guerrero [32124] Paraguay K000100040 No
Zardini, E.M.; Aquino [34689] Paraguay K000100036 No
Shafer [38] Argentina K000100935 No
United States K:SPC-65835.000 No
Shafer [112] Argentina K000100933 No
Zardini, E.M.; Jara [36396] Paraguay K000100038 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-65848.000 No
Rose [17051] United States K000100648 No
Rose [17003] United States K000100654 No
Dietrich [0] Australia K000275300 No
Ecuador K:SPC-44886.000 No
Madsen [61059] Ecuador K000100798 No
[9916] United States K000100886 No
Bearss [0] Chile K000100941 No
Stafford [954] Peru K000100804 No
Palmer [0] Mexico K000062572 No
Zardini, E.M.; Guerrero [36613] Paraguay K000100039 No
Rose [11761] United States K000100643 No
Palmer [0] Mexico K000062573 No
Hutchison [1579] Peru K000100764 No
Palmer, E. [123] Mexico K000062530 No
Langlasse [1036] Mexico K000062558 No
Walther, B.M.T.; et al. [478] Brazil K000005000 Yes
Broadway [8022] K000100674 No
Howard [18396] K000035300 Yes
Ekman H [H7909] Haiti K000100698 No
Stafford [976] Peru K000251436 No
Rose [12332] United States K000100642 No
eyrick [0] K000101031 No
Madsen [61059] Ecuador K000100799 No
Monnet [0] United States K000100633 No
Sheldon [0] Mexico K000062569 No
Rich, H., H. Col. [899] India K000275270 No
Jermy [0] United States K000100647 No
[15943] K000101035 No
Zardini, E.M.; Guerrero [35695] Paraguay K000100041 No
Gillies [0] Argentina K000100895 No
Araque; Barkley [19Ar305] Argentina K000100937 No
Philcox; Olivier [7967] K000100675 No
Balsinhas [2355] K000100539 No
Zardini, E.M. [31936] Paraguay K000100252 No
Langlasse [946] Mexico K000100668 No
Laurence, S.G. [Lau 976] Bolivia K:SPC-49475.000 No
K:SPC-65798.000 No
Stafford [951] Peru K000251434 No
Chibber, M., H. [0] India K000275271 No
Rose et al [14172] Mexico K000062578 No
Stafford [856] Peru K000100790 Holotype No
Madsen [61055] Ecuador K000100800 No
Pedersen [2846] Argentina K000100913 No
Brown, E., N. [0] K000101032 No
Williams [2462p.p.] Bolivia K000100767 No
Stafford [955] Peru K000275264 No
Shafer [1] Argentina K000100934 No
Lechlen [2862] Peru K000275262 No
Clokey [8025] United States K000251422 No
Palmer [168] Mexico K000062568 No
Phipps [2248] Zimbabwe K000100542 No
Rose [0] Mexico K000062575 No
Palmer [0] Mexico K000062577 No
Palmer [213] Mexico K000062559 No
McAtee [10.354] United States K000100652 No
Holt [222] Peru K000275266 No
Shafer [85] Bolivia K000100791 No
[0] United States K000100876 No
Taylor, N.; Zappi, D.C.; Eggli [1363] Brazil K000004984 Yes

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