Opuntia tuna
(L.) Mill. (1768)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Philip Miller | 🌵 Published in | Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 3 (1768) |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cactus tuna (1753) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Carl Linnaeus | 🌵 Basionym published in | Sp. Pl. 1: 468 (1753) |
Spanish (from Taíno) tuna ‘prickly pear (Opuntia fruit)’. For the edible fruits.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 20). Opuntia tuna. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/opuntia-tuna