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Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) 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 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Gard. Dict. ed. 8 2 1768.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1151735-2.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Cactus ficus-indica L.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cactus opuntia L.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Opuntia arcei Cárdenas	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia castillae Griffiths	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia chinensis (Roxb.) K. Koch	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia cordobensis Speg.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia ficus-barbarica A.Berger	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Opuntia incarnadilla Griffiths	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia megacantha Salm-Dyck	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Platyopuntia vulgaris (Mill.) F.Ritter [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Opuntia ficus-indica var. gymnocarpa (F.A.C. Weber) Speg.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2391911.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed