Position in a system
species
Brazilian Pricklypear
Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) A.Berger
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel - plants |
| divisio | Magnoliophyta Cronquist, Takht. & W.Zimm. - flowering plants |
| class | Rosopsida Batsch - eudicots |
| order | Caryophyllales Perleb |
| family | Cactaceae Jussieu |
| subfamily | Opuntioideae Burnett |
| genus | Brasiliopuntia (K.Schum.) A.Berger |
| species | Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) A.Berger - Brazilian Pricklypear |