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species

Indian Fig
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.

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

Scientific synonyms

Cactus ficus-indica L.
Opuntia compressa J.F. Macbr.
Opuntia cordobensis Speg.
Cactus decumanus Willd.
Opuntia ficus-barbarica Berg.
Opuntia maxima Miller
Opuntia opuntia (L.) Karst.
Opuntia vulgaris P. Mill.

Other names

= Barbary Fig
= Creeping Pear
= Drooping Prickly Pear
= Drooping Tree Pear
= Eastern Prickly Pear
= Indian-fig
= Smooth Tree Pear
= Spineless Cactus

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IUCN category 2018-1:	Data Deficient
Data last updated: 2021-02-20 11:21:51

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Links and literature

PLANTS Database [OPCO15]

PLANTS Database [http://plants.usda.gov]

PLANTS Database [OPFI]

PLANTS Database [http://plants.usda.gov]

Pest Information Wiki [Opuntia_ficus-indica_(weed)]

Pest Information Wiki [http://wiki.pestinfo.org] [as Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) P. Mill.]
Data retrieved on: 5 March 2016

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [151706]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.]
Data retrieved on: 3 August 2018

C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.]
Data retrieved on: 19 September 2019

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