Opuntia (L.) Mill.

, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. [974] (1754).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30002080-2
Publication
The Gardeners Dictionary: containing the methods of cultivating and improving all sorts of trees, plants, and flowers, for the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, as also those which are used in medicine : with directions for the culture of vineyards, and making of wine in England : in which likewise are included the practical parts of husbandry ...4th ed., corrected and enlarged. London
Collation
[974]
Date of Publication
28 Jan 1754
Family as entered in IPNI
Cactaceae

Remarks

Type: O. vulgaris Mill. (Cactus opuntia L.) (vide Britton & Rose, Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 503. 20 Feb 1908; Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 16. Jun 1942)

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Basionym
Cactus [infragen.unranked] Opuntia L., Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 468 (1753).
Hybrid Parent of
× Epipuntia Mottram, Cactician 4: 112 (2014).