Taxonomic account

Opuntia curassavica

Opuntia curassavica (L.) 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 curassavicus L.
Opuntia antillana Britton & Rose
Opuntia borinquensis Britton & Rose
Opuntia curassavica var. colombiana Backeb.
Opuntia curassavica var. longa Haw.
Opuntia domingensis Britton & Rose

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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