Genus: Opuntia Mill.

Family:

Cactaceae

Subfamily:

Opuntioideae

Tribe:

Opuntieae

Common names:

prickly-pear

Genus number:

8512

Last updated:

13-vas.-2004

Accession Count:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

List of Species Records in GRIN

Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~):

(=) Airampoa Frič
(~) Brasiliopuntia (K. Schum.) A. Berger
(=) Cactodendron Bigelow, nom. inval.
(=) Cactus Lem.
(=) Chaffeyopuntia Frič & Schelle
(=) Clavarioidia Kreuz., nom. inval.
(~) Consolea Lem.
(=~) Corynopuntia F. M. Knuth
(=) Ficindica St.-Lag.
(=) Marenopuntia Backeb.
(=~) Micropuntia Daston
(~) Miqueliopuntia Frič ex F. Ritter
(~) Nopalea Salm-Dyck
(=) Parviopuntia Soulaire & Marn.-Lap., nom. inval.
(=) Phyllarthus Neck. ex M. Gómez, nom. inval.
(=) Pseudotephrocactus Frič
(=) Salmiopuntia Frič, nom. inval.
(=) Subulatopuntia Frič & Schelle
(~) Tacinga Britton & Rose
(=) Tunas Lunell
(~) Tunilla D. R. Hunt & Iliff
(=) Weberiopuntia Frič

Check Index Nominum Genericorum for Opuntia

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://agb.amvmt.lt/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=8512. Accessed 16 rugsėjo 2026.