Opuntiaceae
('OpuntiacΕ') Juss., nom. illeg. (1825)
Etymology
| π΅ Author(s) | Antoine Laurent de Jussieu |
Opuntia + βaceae, the suffix denoting a plant family. A new name for Cactaceae in Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. [F. Cuvier] t. 35, 1825: 144, published anonymously but attributed by several authors to Antoine Laurent de Jussieu.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Opuntiaceae. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/opuntiaceae