Name:		Opuntia Mill. [basionym]
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Cactaceae Juss. [Family] Caryophyllales [Order] Magnoliopsida [Class] Magnoliophyta [Division / Phylum] Plantae [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Opuntia antillana Britton & Rose Opuntia arborescens Engelm. Opuntia argentina Griseb. Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl. Opuntia bahiensis Britton & Rose Opuntia brasiliensis Haw. Opuntia camanchica Engelm. & Bigel. Opuntia dillenii (Ker-Gawl.) Haw. Opuntia discata Griffiths Opuntia elatior Mill. Opuntia engelmanni Salm-Dyck Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. Opuntia fulgida Engelm. Opuntia imbricata DC. Opuntia inermis DC. Opuntia inermis Moris & De Not. Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. Opuntia missouriensis DC. Opuntia monacantha Opuntia nana DC. Opuntia nashii Brittan Opuntia nigricans (Haw.) Haw. Opuntia nigricans Hort. Par. ex Foerst. Opuntia nitens Small Opuntia phaeacantha Borg. Opuntia rafinesquei Engelm. Opuntia tuna (L.) Mill. Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Biological Records Database (66 records)
Links:		Electronic Plant Information Centre [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] International Plant Names Index New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Herbarium] USDA Plants Database [Natural Resources Conservation Service]