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Details for: Opuntia ficus-indica
Source: Korotkova, N. & Raab-Straube, E. von (2017): Cactaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
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Name: Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.
Nomencl. ref.: Gard. Dict., ed. 8: Opuntia No. 2. 1768
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Caryophyllanae
                         Ordo - Caryophyllales
                              Familia - Cactaceae Juss.
                                   Genus - Opuntia (L.) Mill.
                                       
Basionym: Cactus ficus-indica L.
Homotypic synonyms: Cactus ficus-indica L.
Heterotypic synonyms: Cactus compressus Salisb., nom. illeg.
Cactus opuntia L.
Opuntia amyclaea Ten.
Opuntia compressa J. F. Macbr., nom. illeg.
Opuntia ficus-barbarica A. Berger
Opuntia maxima Mill.
Opuntia megacantha Salm-Dyck
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
 
Common names: cacto-dos-figos-da-Índia (Portuguese), cactus (Asturian), chumba (Spanish, Castillian), chumbera (Aragonese), chumbera (Asturian), chumbera (Spanish, Castillian), chumbo (Spanish, Castillian), figa de moro (Catalan), figa de pala (Catalan), figa de pala (Valencian), figa palera (Catalan), figa palera (Valencian), figos de moro (fruto) (Catalan), figueira chumba (Portuguese), figueira da India (Portuguese), figueira da Índia (Portuguese), figueira do inferno (Portuguese), figueira-da-Barbária (Galician), figueira-da-Barbaria (Portuguese), figueira-da-Barbária (Portuguese), figueira-da-India (Galician), figueira-da-índia (Galician), figueira-da-India (Portuguese), figueira-da-índia (Portuguese), figuera chumba (Catalan), figuera d´Índia (Catalan), figuera de moro (Catalan), figuera de moro (Majorcan), figuera de moro comuna (Catalan), figuera de moro/figueres de moro (Catalan), figuera de pala (Catalan), figuera de pala (Valencian), figuera de pic (Catalan), figuera de pic (Majorcan), figuera de pie (Majorcan), figuera de xumbos (Valencian), figuerassa (Catalan), figueres de pala (Valencian), figueres paleres (Valencian), figues de moro (Catalan), figues de pala (Catalan), higo (Spanish, Castillian), higo chumbo (fruto) (Aragonese), higo chumbo (fruto) (Spanish, Castillian), higo chumbo (Spanish, Castillian), higo de pala (fruto) (Spanish, Castillian), higo de tuna (Spanish, Castillian), higochumbo (Spanish, Castillian), higos blancos (Spanish, Castillian), higos blanquillos (Spanish, Castillian), higos chumbos (fruto) (Spanish, Castillian), higos chungos (Spanish, Castillian), higos de viña (Spanish, Castillian), higos malagueños amarillos (Spanish, Castillian), higos moscateles (Spanish, Castillian), higuera (Spanish, Castillian), higuera chumba (Aragonese), higuera chumba (Spanish, Castillian), higuera chumbera (Spanish, Castillian), higuera de Indias (Spanish, Castillian), higuera de la India (Spanish, Castillian), higuera de moro (Spanish, Castillian), higuera de pala (Spanish, Castillian), higuera de tuna (Spanish, Castillian), higuera del infierno (Spanish, Castillian), higuera del moro (Spanish, Castillian), higuera tuna (Spanish, Castillian), india picoa (Euskera), Indiapico (Euskera), Indiapiko (Euskera), Indipikondo (Euskera), Indipiku (fruto) (Euskera), jiguera chumba (Spanish, Castillian), nopal (Catalan), nopal (Portuguese), nopal (Spanish, Castillian), nopalera (Spanish, Castillian), nopalera (Valencian), pala (filocladio) (Spanish, Castillian), pala (Spanish, Castillian), pala chumbera (Spanish, Castillian), pala de figuera de moro (Catalan), palas (Spanish, Castillian), palera (Spanish, Castillian), palera (Valencian), pales de figuera palera (Valencian), penca (Spanish, Castillian), pita (Catalan), tabaios (Portuguese), tuna (Spanish, Castillian), tunal (Spanish, Castillian)[Credits]
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: [nAE AE(G) nAg nAl nAz(M S) nBl Bl(M) nCa Ca(C F G H L P T) nCo nCr nCt nCy Da Fe nGa(F) -Ge nGr He nHs Hs(G S) nIJ Ir nIt nJu nLe nLi nLS nLu nMa nMd Md(D M P) No nSa ?Si nSi(M S) Su nSy nTn Tu(A) Uk(K)]