Opuntia cochenillifera

Opuntia cochenillifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Opuntieae
Genus: Opuntia
Species: O. cochenillifera
Binomial name
Opuntia cochenillifera
(L.) Mill., 1768
Synonyms
Opuntia nuda
Nopalea nuda
Nopalea cochenillifera
Cactus cochenilliferus
Cactus cochenillifera
Cactus cochenilifer

Opuntia cochenillifera is a species of cactus in the subfamily Opuntioideae. It is endemic to Mexico. The first description was in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus as Cactus cochenillifer. Philip Miller described it as Opuntia cochenillifera in 1768.

Flower

References

  1. ↑ "Nopalea cochenillifera". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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