Opuntia maxima

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Opuntia maxima Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 5 (1768)

Heterotypic
- Cactus decumanus Willd., Enum. Pl. Suppl. 84. 1814.
- Cactus elongatus Willd., Enum. Pl. Suppl. 34. 1814.
- Cactus lanceolatus Haw., Misc. Nat. 188. 1803.
- Opuntia alfagayucca Karw. ex Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 68. 1850.
- Opuntia amyclaea Ten., Fl. Neapol. Prodr. App. 5, 15. 1826.
- Opuntia decumana (Willd.) Haw., Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 71. 1821.
- Opuntia elongata (Willd.) Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ. 81. 1819.
- Opuntia ficus-indica f. amyclaea (Ten.) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult. 51. 1907.
- Opuntia ficus-indica f. gymnocarpa (F.A.C.Weber) Schelle, Kakteen 66. 1926.
- Opuntia ficus-indica var. amyclaea (Ten.) A.Berger, Hortus Mortolensis 411. 1912.
- Opuntia ficus-indica var. decumana (Willd.) Speg., Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 3(4): 512. 1905.
- Opuntia ficus-indica var. gymnocarpa (F.A.C.Weber) Speg., Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires, ser. 3, 4: 512. 1905.
- Opuntia gymnocarpa F.A.C.Weber in Bois, Dict. Hort. 2: 893. 1898.
- Opuntia labouretiana Console in K.Schum., Gesamth. Kakteen, 717. 1898.
- Opuntia lanceolata (Haw.) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 192. 1812.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Miller, P. 1768. The Gardeners Dictionary: containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery. Ed. 8, 3 volumes (without pagination), John & Francis Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.541 Reference page.

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