Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Cactaceae Juss.
Opuntia Mill. , legitimate , scientific
Miller, P. (28 January 1754) , The Gardeners Dictionary abridged Edn. 4, 2
-
[tax. nov.]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
222
[secondary reference]
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913) , An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2
571
[secondary reference]
Maiden, J.H. (1915) , The Prickly Pears of Interest to Australians. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26
489-493
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2
344
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Name of some unknown plant mentioned by Pliny"
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
200
[secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963) , Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory
80
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tiger Pear [n/a]
common name:
Prickly Pear [n/a]
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)
137
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
94
[secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Cactaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1
141-142, 144
[secondary reference]
common name:
Prickly Pears [n/a]
Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984) , Cactaceae. Flora of Australia 4
65-75
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Nopalea Salm-Dyck legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cylindropuntia (F.M.Knuth legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Austrocylindropuntia Backeb. legitimate
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Cactaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1
80
[secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990) , Cactaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1
201-204
[secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera
52, 124
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cylindropuntia (F.M.Knuth legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Austrocylindropuntia Backeb. legitimate
Barthlott, W. & Hunt, D.R. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993) , Cactaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2
172
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cylindropuntia (F.M.Knuth legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Austrocylindropuntia Backeb. legitimate
Stajsic, V. & Carr, G.W. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Cactaceae. Flora of Victoria 3
120-121
[secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Cactaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1
201
[secondary reference]
common name:
Prickly pears [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
pro parte nomenclatural synonym:
Opuntia subg. Cylindropuntia Engelm. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Nopalea Salm-Dyck legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Cylindropuntia (F.M.Knuth legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Austrocylindropuntia Backeb. legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
605
[secondary reference]
