Opuntia tuna

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Internal ID	UUID643ff6de9c854453062263
Scientific name	Opuntia tuna
Authority	(L.) Mill.
First published in	Gard. Dict.: Opuntia No. 3. 1768.

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

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	elephantear pricklypear
Afrikaans	turksvy
Arabic	تين شوكي
Arabic	رقع
Arabic	تين صبارة
Hungarian	tunakaktusz
Chinese	牙买加仙人掌
Chinese	金武扇
Chinese	黄花仙人掌
Chinese	金武扇仙人掌

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• Africa click to expand
  • Macaronesia
    • Canary Islands
  • Northern Africa
    • Tunisia
  • West-central Tropical Africa
    • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
  • Western Indian Ocean
    • Madagascar
    • Mauritius

• Asia-temperate click to expand
  • Arabian Peninsula
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Yemen
  • China
    • China Southeast
    • Hainan

• Asia-tropical click to expand
  • Indian Subcontinent
    • Assam
    • Bangladesh
    • India
    • Sri Lanka
    • West Himalaya
  • Indo-China
    • Myanmar
    • South China Sea
    • Vietnam

• Australasia click to expand
  • Australia
    • New South Wales
    • Queensland

• Europe click to expand
  • Southeastern Europe
    • Italy
  • Southwestern Europe
    • France
    • Portugal
    • Spain

• Northern America click to expand
  • Mexico
    • Mexico Gulf
    • Mexico Northeast
    • Mexico Southeast
    • Mexico Southwest
  • Southeastern U.S.A.
    • Florida
    • South Carolina

• Pacific click to expand
  • Southwestern Pacific
    • New Caledonia

• Southern America click to expand
  • Caribbean
    • Cayman Islands
    • Haiti
    • Jamaica
    • Windward Islands
  • Western South America
    • Colombia
    • Galápagos

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000386048
UNII	DI94T5T0ZY
USDA Plants	OPTU9
Tropicos	50181592
INPN	110782
Flora of Italy	349
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:137125-1
The Plant List	kew-2392489
Observations.org	148658
IPNI	137125-1
iNaturalist	472135
GBIF	5384105
EPPO	OPUTN
EOL	590813
Elurikkus	532486
USDA GRIN	25875
Wikipedia	Opuntia_tuna
Open Tree Of Life	206683

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