The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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M Opuntia maxima 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) (data supplied on ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Gard. Dict. ed. 8 5 1768.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136788-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied
Cactus decumanus Willd. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cactus elongatus Willd. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cactus lanceolatus Haw. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Opuntia alfagayucca Karw. ex Salm-Dyck Unresolved L WCSP (in review)
Opuntia amyclaea Ten. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Opuntia decumana (Willd.) Haw. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Opuntia elongata (Willd.) Haw. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Opuntia ficus-indica f. amyclaea (Ten.) Schelle Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Opuntia ficus-indica var. amyclaea (Ten.) A.Berger Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Opuntia ficus-indica var. decumana (Willd.) Speg. Synonym L TRO
Opuntia fulvispina Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff. Unresolved L WCSP (in review)
Opuntia lanceolata (Haw.) Haw. Synonym M WCSP (in review)

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Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2391633.

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