Opuntia aurantiaca

Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl. ()
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🌵 Published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1606 (1833)
Etymology

Latin aurantĭăcus ‘orange’. For the flower color. Lindley translated the name as “Orange-coloured Indian Fig”.

Opuntia aurantiaca / Image credit: Lindley 1833

How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 25). Opuntia aurantiaca. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/opuntia-aurantiaca