Taxonomic account

Opuntia elatior

Opuntia elatior 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 elatior (Mill.) Willd.
Cactus humilis Haw.
Cactus nigricans Haw.
Cactus opuntia var. polyanthos DC.
Cactus polyanthos (DC.) Sims
Cactus pseudococcinillifer Bertol. ex DC.
Cactus tuna var. elatior (Mill.) Sims
Cactus tuna var. flava Sims
Cactus tuna var. major Roxb.
Cactus tuna var. nigricans (Haw.) Sims
Opuntia bergeriana F.A.C.Weber ex A.Berger
Opuntia boldinghii Britton & Rose
Opuntia coccinea Pfeiff.
Opuntia horrida Salm-Dyck ex DC.
Opuntia humilis Haw.
Opuntia maidenii Griffiths
Opuntia megalantha Griffiths
Opuntia multiflora G.Nicholson
Opuntia nigricans (Haw.) Haw.
Opuntia polyanthos (DC.) Haw.
Opuntia pseudotuna Salm-Dyck
Opuntia spinaurea Karw. ex Salm-Dyck
Opuntia tuna var. cubaguensis Gentry
Opuntia tuna var. manse Orcutt

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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