⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2391929, with some changes.

Opuntia elatior Mill. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Opuntia (family Cactaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Gard. Dict. ed. 8 4 1768.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136561-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cactus elatior (Mill.) Willd.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Cactus nigricans Haw.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)
Cactus tuna var. elatior (Mill.) Sims	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)
Cactus tuna var. nigricans (Haw.) Sims	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)
Opuntia bergeriana F.A.C.Weber ex A.Berger	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Opuntia nigricans (Haw.) Haw.	Synonym		TRO