Characteristics
Dicots
Opuntia cochenillifera (L.)Mill.
COCHINEAL CACTUS
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Not Native
UPL (NWPL)
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Citation
OPUNTIA COCHENILLIFERA (Linnaeus) Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.
Cactus cochenillifer Linnaeus 1753.
JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: pl. 297(383). 1732). Lectotypified by R. A. Howard & Touw, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 54: 68. 1982.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Brevard
PIHG
Broward
USF
Highlands
USF
Lee
USF
Orange
USF
Pinellas
USF
Polk
USF
Sarasota
USF
St. Lucie
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Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Cactus cochenillifer
Cactus cochenillifer Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 468. 1753.
TYPE: JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: pl. 297(383). 1732). Lectotypified by R. A. Howard & Touw, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 54: 68. 1982.
Nopalea coccifera
Nopalea coccifera Lemaire, Cactees 89. 1868, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Cactus cochinillifer Linnaeus 1753.
Nopalea cochenillifera
Nopalea cochenillifera (Linnaeus) Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849: 64. 1850.
BASIONYM: Cactus cochinillifer Linnaeus 1753.
Specimens and Distribution
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