Opuntia opuntia
(L.) H.Karst. (1882)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Hermann Karsten |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cactus opuntia (1753) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Carl Linnaeus |
See Opuntia. Based on Cactus opuntia L. Tautonyms (names in which the specific epithet is identical to the generic name) are invalid under article 23.4 of the International Code of Nomenclature.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Dec 06). Opuntia opuntia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/opuntia-opuntia