Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Caryophyllanae > Order Caryophyllales > Family Cactaceae > Genus Opuntia

Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Opuntia(L.) Mill.accepted genus name
Cactus [unranked] Opuntia L. basionym
Nopalea Salm-Dyck heterotypic synonym

Species group names

Cactus ficus-indica L. basionym
Cactus compressus Salisb. heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
Cactus opuntia L. heterotypic synonym
Opuntia amyclaea Ten. heterotypic synonym
Opuntia compressa J. F. Macbr. heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
Opuntia crassa Haw. heterotypic synonym
Opuntia ficus-barbarica A. Berger heterotypic synonym
Opuntia maxima Mill. heterotypic synonym
Opuntia megacantha Salm-Dyck heterotypic synonym
Opuntia vulgaris Mill. heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Aragonese: chumbera; higo chumbo (fruto); higuera chumba sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Asturian: cactus; chumbera sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Basque: india picoa; Indiapico; Indiapiko; Indipikondo; Indipiku (fruto) sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Catalan: figa de moro; figa de pala; figa palera; figos de moro (fruto); figuera chumba; figuera d´Índia; figuera de moro; figuera de moro comuna; figuera de moro/figueres de moro; figuera de pala; figuera de pic; figuerassa; figues de moro; figues de pala; nopal; pala de figuera de moro; pita sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Galician: figueira-da-Barbária; figueira-da-India; figueira-da-índia sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Majorcan: figuera de moro; figuera de pic; figuera de pie sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Portuguese: cacto-dos-figos-da-Índia; figueira chumba; figueira da India; figueira da Índia; figueira do inferno; figueira-da-Barbaria; figueira-da-Barbária; figueira-da-India; figueira-da-índia; nopal; tabaios sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Spanish, Castillian: chumba; chumbera; chumbo; higo; higo chumbo; higo chumbo (fruto); higo de pala (fruto); higo de tuna; higochumbo; higos blancos; higos blanquillos; higos chumbos (fruto); higos chungos; higos de viña; higos malagueños amarillos; higos moscateles; higuera; higuera chumba; higuera chumbera; higuera de Indias; higuera de la India; higuera de moro; higuera de pala; higuera de tuna; higuera del infierno; higuera del moro; higuera tuna; jiguera chumba; nopal; nopalera; pala; pala (filocladio); pala chumbera; palas; palera; penca; tuna; tunal sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Valencian: figa de pala; figa palera; figuera de pala; figuera de xumbos; figueres de pala; figueres paleres; nopalera; palera; pales de figuera palera

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Gard. Dict., ed. 8: Opuntia No. 2. 1768

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Korotkova, N. & Raab-Straube, E. von Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/aac797f9-965d-4093-b2e5-62b9f8c4c1d7

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