Opuntia cochenillifera(OPUCO)
Overview Code created in: 2001-10-19
- EPPO Code: OPUCO
- Preferred name: Opuntia cochenillifera
- Authority: (Linnaeus) Miller
Mexico. Introduced in Bangladesh, Indochina, China, some African countries, USA (Florida), Caribbean, Central America, South America (Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil)
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Cactus cochenillifer | Linnaeus |
| Nopalea cochenillifera | (Linnaeus) Salm-Dyck |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| cochineal cactus | English |
| cochineal nopal cactus | English (US) |
| French prickly pear | English |
| roast pork | English |
| smooth pear | English |
| St Gabriel's fog | English |
| wachet | English |
| nopal | French |
| rachette | French |
| cacto de la cochinilla | Spanish |
| nopal | Spanish (HN) |
| nopal chamacuero | Spanish |
| tuna | Spanish (HN) |
| tuna de España | Spanish |
| tuna mansa | Spanish |
| tuna real | Spanish (NI) |
| tunita | Spanish |
| nopal | Dutch |
| cacto-de-cochonilha | Portuguese |
| palmatória-doce | Portuguese |
| yān zhī zhǎng | Chinese |
| 胭脂掌 | Chinese |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Basal core eudicots (
1CEUD )
Order
Caryophyllales (
1CAFO )
Family
Cactaceae (
1CACF )
Genus
Opuntia (
1OPUG )
Species
Opuntia cochenillifera (
OPUCO )