Opuntia tuna

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Opuntieae
Genus: Opuntia
Series: O. ser. Tunae
Species: Opuntia tuna

• Opuntia tuna (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 3. 1768.

• Cactus tuna L., Sp. Pl.: 468. 1753 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Cactus opuntia var. tuna (L.) DC., Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 13. 1813 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Cactus horridus Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 348. 1796 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
  • Cactus humilis Haw., Misc. Nat.: 187. 1803 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Opuntia humilis Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 189. 1812 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia polyantha Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 190. 1812 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cactus tuna var. flava Sims in Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1557. 1813 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia pseudotuna Salm-Dyck, Observ. Bot. Hort. Dyck. 3: 7. 1822 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cactus polyanthos Sims in Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2691. 1826 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia horrida Salm-Dyck ex DC., Prodr. 3: 472. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia coccinea Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 161. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia flexibilis Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 161. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia spinaurea Karw. ex Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 46. 1845 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia multiflora G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 503. 1886 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia tuna var. manse Orcutt in W. Amer. Sci. 7: 157. 1891 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Opuntia jamaicensis Britton & Harris in Torreya 11: 130. 1911 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia ledienii A.Berger, Hort. Mortol.: 233. 1912 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia megalantha Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 530. 1916 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia maidenii Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 201. 1919 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Opuntia tuna var. cubaguensis Gentry, Allan Hancock Atlantic Exped. 2(6): 11. 1948 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

• Cactus nigricans Kuntze (1891) = Mammillaria phaeacantha Lem.

• Miller, P. 1768. The Gardeners Dictionary: containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery. Ed. 8, 3 volumes (without pagination), John & Francis Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.541 Reference page. : ed. 8: Opuntia no. 3.

• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Mottram, R. (2013) Linnaean cactus legacy. The Cactician 3: 1–83 [1].

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Opuntia tuna in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 30. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Opuntia tuna in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Opuntia tuna. Published online. Accessed: Jan 16 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Opuntia tuna. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jan 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Opuntia tuna in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2007. Opuntia tuna in Catalogue of the seed plants of the Flora of the West Indies Website. Smithsonian Institution. Accessed: 2015 Apr 23.

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