Opuntia cochenillifera: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
- Species
- Opuntia cochenillifera
- Scientific Name
- Opuntia cochenillifera
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Opuntia cochenillifera
Opuntia cochenillifera is a species of cactus in the subfamily Opuntioideae. It may have been endemic to Mexico, but has been widely introduced. The first description was in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus as Cactus cochenillifer. Philip Miller renamed it as Opuntia cochenillifera in 1768.
...Opuntia cochenillifera in languages:
- Chinese
- 紅花寶劍掌 (胭脂仙人掌)
- Chinese
- 紅花寶劍掌
- English
- Cochineal Nopal Cactus
- Japanese
- コチニールウチワ
- Portuguese
- cacto-palma
- Portuguese
- palma-doce
- Portuguese
- Palma-miúda
- Portuguese
- Urumbeba-do-méxico
- Portuguese
- Palmadora
- Portuguese
- Figo-vermelho
- Russian
- Опунция кошениленосная
- Thai
- เสมา
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Opuntia aciculata
- Opuntia aequatorialis
- Opuntia albicarpa
- Opuntia alta
- Opuntia altomagdalenensis
- Opuntia amarilla
- Opuntia amyclaea
- Opuntia anacantha
- Opuntia anahuacensis
- Opuntia arechavaletae
- Opuntia arenaria
- Opuntia arizonica
- Opuntia atrispina
- Opuntia atropes
- Opuntia auberi
- Opuntia aurantiaca
- Opuntia aurea
- Opuntia aureispina
- Opuntia azurea
- Opuntia azurea × rufida
- Opuntia basilaris
- Opuntia bensonii
- Opuntia bentonii
- Opuntia bergeriana
- Opuntia blakeana
- Opuntia boldinghii
- Opuntia bonaerensis
- Opuntia bravoana
- Opuntia brunnescens
- Opuntia caboensis
- Opuntia cacanapa
- Opuntia camanchica
- Opuntia canada
- Opuntia caracassana
- Opuntia chaffeyi
- Opuntia chavena
- Opuntia chiangiana
- Opuntia chisosensis
- Opuntia chlorotica
- Opuntia clarkiorum
- Opuntia cochenillifera
- Opuntia comonduensis
- Opuntia confusa
- Opuntia cordobensis
- Opuntia covillei
- Opuntia crassa
- Opuntia crystalenia
- Opuntia curassavica
- Opuntia cyclodes
- Opuntia cymochila
- Opuntia deamii
- Opuntia decumbens
- Opuntia dejecta
- Opuntia delafuentiana
- Opuntia depressa
- Opuntia diploursina
- Opuntia discata
- Opuntia discolor
- Opuntia dulcis
- Opuntia durangensis
- Opuntia eichlamii
- Opuntia elata
- Opuntia elatior
- Opuntia elizondoana
- Opuntia engelmannii
- Opuntia escuintlensis
- Opuntia excelsa
- Opuntia feroacantha
- Opuntia ficus-indica
- Opuntia fragilis
- Opuntia fuliginosa
- Opuntia galapageia
- Opuntia gallegiana
- Opuntia gaumeri
- Opuntia gilvescens
- Opuntia gilvescens × macrorhiza
- Opuntia glaucescens
- Opuntia gomei
- Opuntia gosseliniana
- Opuntia grandis
- Opuntia guatemalensis
- Opuntia guilanchi
- Opuntia helleri
- Opuntia hitchcockii
- Opuntia hondurensis
- Opuntia howeyi
- Opuntia huajuapensis
- Opuntia humifusa
- Opuntia hyptiacantha
- Opuntia inaequilateralis
- Opuntia inaperta
- Opuntia insularis
- Opuntia jaliscana
- Opuntia jamaicensis
- Opuntia joconostle
- Opuntia karwinskiana
- Opuntia keyensis
- Opuntia laevis
- Opuntia lagunae
- Opuntia larreyi
- Opuntia lasiacantha
- Opuntia leoglossa
- Opuntia leptocarpa
- Opuntia leucotricha
- Opuntia lindheimeri
- Opuntia littoralis
- Opuntia littoralis × oricola
- Opuntia lubrica
- Opuntia lutea
- Opuntia macrarthra
- Opuntia macrocentra
- Opuntia marnieriana
- Opuntia martiniana
- Opuntia matudae
- Opuntia maxima
- Opuntia megapotamica
- Opuntia megarrhiza
- Opuntia microdasys
- Opuntia militaris
- Opuntia mojavensis
- Opuntia monacantha
- Opuntia nejapensis
- Opuntia neochrysacantha
- Opuntia nuda
- Opuntia oligacantha
- Opuntia olmeca
- Opuntia orbiculata
- Opuntia oricola
- Opuntia pachyrrhiza
- Opuntia pailana
- Opuntia parviclada
- Opuntia penicilligera
- Opuntia perotensis
- Opuntia phaeacantha
- Opuntia pilifera
- Opuntia pinkavae
- Opuntia pittieri
- Opuntia polyacantha
- Opuntia pottsii
- Opuntia prasina
- Opuntia preciadoae
- Opuntia puberula
- Opuntia pubescens
- Opuntia pumila
- Opuntia pycnantha
- Opuntia pyrocarpa
- Opuntia quimilo
- Opuntia quitensis
- Opuntia rastrera
- Opuntia repens
- Opuntia retrorsa
- Opuntia rileyi
- Opuntia rioplatense
- Opuntia riparia
- Opuntia ritteri
- Opuntia robinsonii
- Opuntia robusta
- Opuntia rufida
- Opuntia rugosa
- Opuntia rzedowskii
- Opuntia salmiana
- Opuntia sanguinea
- Opuntia sanguinocula
- Opuntia santa-rita
- Opuntia scheeri
- Opuntia schickendantzii
- Opuntia schumannii
- Opuntia semispinosa
- Opuntia senilis
- Opuntia setispina
- Opuntia setocarpa
- Opuntia sierralagunensis
- Opuntia soederstromiana
- Opuntia spinosibacca
- Opuntia spinosissima
- Opuntia spinulifera
- Opuntia stenarthra
- Opuntia stenopetala
- Opuntia streptacantha
- Opuntia stricta
- Opuntia strigil
- Opuntia sulphurea
- Opuntia tapona
- Opuntia tardospina
- Opuntia taylorii
- Opuntia tehuacana
- Opuntia tehuantepecana
- Opuntia tezontepecana
- Opuntia tomentosa
- Opuntia tortispina
- Opuntia toumeyi
- Opuntia trichophora
- Opuntia tuna
- Opuntia tunoidea
- Opuntia undulata
- Opuntia valida
- Opuntia velutina
- Opuntia wigginsii
- Opuntia wilcoxii
- Opuntia woodsii
- Opuntia wootonii
- Opuntia zamudioi
- Opuntia zuniensis
- Opuntia × andersonii
- Opuntia × charlestonensis
- Opuntia × cochinera
- Opuntia × columbiana
- Opuntia × cristalensis
- Opuntia × curvispina
- Opuntia × debreczyi
- Opuntia × demissa
- Opuntia × occidentalis
- Opuntia × vaseyi
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