Taxonomic account

Opuntia tomentosa

Opuntia tomentosa Salm-Dyck

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 hernandezii (DC.) Oken
Cactus tomentosus Link
Nopal silvestre Thierry ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler
Opuntia hernandezii DC.
Opuntia icterica Griffiths
Opuntia macdougaliana Rose
Opuntia micrarthra Griffiths
Opuntia oblongata H.L.Wendl. ex Pfeiff.
Opuntia rileyi J.G.Ortega
Opuntia sarca Griffiths ex Scheinvar
Opuntia spraguei J.G.Ortega
Opuntia tomentella A.Berger
Opuntia tomentosa var. hernandezii (DC.) Bravo
Opuntia tomentosa var. herrerae Scheinvar
Opuntia tomentosa var. rileyi (J.G.Ortega) Backeb.
Opuntia tomentosa var. spraguei (J.G.Ortega) Backeb.
Opuntia velutina var. macdougaliana (Rose) Bravo

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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