Taxonomic account

Opuntia maxima

Opuntia maxima Mill.

Name accepted in Plants of the World Online. [2-WWW]

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Ranga: Species
Genus list verification: 11 October 2026 [2-WWW]

Names in the literature

Synonyms and spelling variants linked to the accepted name in WCVP 16, including updates to the genus list. [27-WWW] [2-WWW]

Cactus decumanus Willd.
Cactus elongatus Willd.
Cactus lanceolatus Haw.
Opuntia alfagayucca Karw. ex Salm-Dyck
Opuntia amyclaea Ten.
Opuntia decumana (Willd.) Haw.
Opuntia elongata (Willd.) Haw.
Opuntia elongata var. laevior Salm-Dyck
Opuntia ficus-barbarica A.Berger
Opuntia ficus-indica f. amyclaea (Ten.) Schelle
Opuntia ficus-indica f. decumana (Willd.) Schelle
Opuntia ficus-indica f. gymnocarpa (F.A.C.Weber) Schelle
Opuntia ficus-indica var. amyclaea (Ten.) A.Berger
Opuntia ficus-indica var. decumana (Willd.) Speg.
Opuntia ficus-indica var. gymnocarpa (F.A.C.Weber) Speg.
Opuntia gymnocarpa F.A.C.Weber
Opuntia labouretiana K.Schum.
Opuntia lanceolata (Haw.) Haw.

Nomenclatural basis

The genus's species list was checked in POWO on 11 October 2026. Authorship and links between older names were compared with WCVP 16, a snapshot from 4 June 2026. [27-WWW] [2-WWW] [2-WWW]

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