Taxonomic account

Opuntia monacantha

Opuntia monacantha Haw.

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 indicus Roxb.
Cactus monacanthos Willd.
Cactus opuntia var. parvifolius Risso
Cactus urumbeba Vell.
Opuntia deflexa Lem.
Opuntia gracilior Lem.
Opuntia lemaireana Console ex Bois
Opuntia monacantha f. jejuensis Jekuk Kim ex Y.S.Yang
Opuntia monacantha var. deflexa Salm-Dyck
Opuntia monacantha var. gracilior Lem.
Opuntia monacantha var. variegata T.Moore & Mast.
Opuntia roxburghiana Voigt
Opuntia urumbeba (Vell.) Steud.
Opuntia vulgaris var. lemaireana (Console ex Bois) Backeb.

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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