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Cochineal Nopal Cactus
Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill.

kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots »  order Caryophyllales »  family Cactaceae »  genus Opuntia - pricklypear

Scientific synonyms

Cactus cochenilliferus L.
Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck

Data Deficient DD  as Nopalea cochenillifera

Images

Opuntia cochenillifera - Cochineal Nopal Cactus

Author: Forest & Kim Starr

Opuntia cochenillifera - Cochineal Nopal Cactus

Author: Forest & Kim Starr

Opuntia cochenillifera - Cochineal Nopal Cactus

Author: Forest & Kim Starr

Opuntia cochenillifera - Cochineal Nopal Cactus

Author: Michael Kesl

Opuntia cochenillifera - Cochineal Nopal Cactus

Author: Michael Kesl

Opuntia cochenillifera - Cochineal Nopal Cactus

Author: Michael Kesl

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [152027]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [1008816-2]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill.]
Data retrieved on: 31 January 2025
EN C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill.]
Data retrieved on: 19 September 2019

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