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Prickly Pear

Opuntia galapageia Hensl.

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Opuntia galapageia Hensl.
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from ITIS Global in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Opuntia echios
Recognized by Arkive and Biopix Nature Photos
Opuntia galapageia
Opuntia galapageia Hensl.
Opuntia helleri
Species recognized by Ecuador Species List, NCBI, and EOL authors
Opuntia helleri
Recognized by Arkive
Opuntia insularis
Opuntia megasperma
Species recognized by South Pacific Species List and NCBI
Opuntia echios
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Opuntia echios Howell
Opuntia galapageia
Recognized by Flickr Group
Opuntia helleri
Opuntia helleri K. Schum. ex B. L. Rob.
Species recognized by iNaturalist
Opuntia helleri K. Schumann ex B. L. Robinson
Opuntia insularis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Opuntia insularis A. Stewart
Opuntia megasperma
Opuntia megasperma J. T. Howell
Opuntia saxicola
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Opuntia saxicola J. T. Howell

Alternative Names

Opuntia echios J. T. Howell
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from ITIS Global in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Opuntia helleri K. Schum. ex B. L. Rob.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from ITIS Global in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Opuntia insularis A. Stewart
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from ITIS Global in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Opuntia megasperma J. T. Howell
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from ITIS Global in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Opuntia saxicola J. T. Howell
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from ITIS Global in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Opuntia echios J. T. Howell
Opuntia galapageia var. brossettii Backeb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Opuntia galapageia var. gigantea (J. T. Howell) Backeb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Opuntia galapageia var. profusa E. F. Anderson & Walk.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Opuntia helleri K. Schum. ex B. L. Rob.
Opuntia insularis A. Stewart
Opuntia megasperma J. T. Howell
Opuntia saxicola J. T. Howell
Opuntia galapageia subsp. megasperma (J. T. Howell) Guiggi
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Opuntia galapageia subvar. orientalis (J. T. Howell) Backeb.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Opuntia galapageia var. brossettii Backeb.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Opuntia helleri
Synonym according to CITES
Opuntia helleri K. Schum. ex B. L. Rob.
Opuntia insularis
Synonym according to CITES
Opuntia megasperma
Synonym according to CITES
Opuntia megasperma J. T. Howell
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Opuntia megasperma subsp. orientalis J. T. Howell
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Opuntia megasperma var. mesophytica Lundh
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Opuntia megasperma var. orientalis (J. T. Howell) D. M. Porter
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Opuntia saxicola
Synonym according to CITES

Common Names

English

Prickly pear preferred
Recognized by Arkive and Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Ežinė opuncija preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Curated hierarchies for Opuntia galapageia Hensl.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Opuntia
2 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
Cactaceae Juss.
Opuntioideae Burnett
Opuntia Mill.
45 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Opuntia
2 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Opuntia Mill.
54 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Plantae
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllanae
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae Juss.
Opuntia Mill.
2 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

IUCN

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
1379 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
eudicotyledons
Gunneridae
Pentapetalae
Caryophyllales
Cactineae
Cactaceae
Opuntioideae
Opuntia
Opuntia helleri (this page)
43 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
eudicotyledons
Gunneridae
Pentapetalae
Caryophyllales
Cactineae
Cactaceae
Opuntioideae
Opuntia
Opuntia megasperma (this page)
43 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
eudicotyledons
Gunneridae
Pentapetalae
Caryophyllales
Cactineae
Cactaceae
Opuntioideae
Opuntia
Opuntia galapageia (this page)
43 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
eudicotyledons
Gunneridae
Pentapetalae
Caryophyllales
Cactineae
Cactaceae
Opuntioideae
Opuntia
43 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Angiospermae
eudicots
core eudicots
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Opuntioideae
Opuntieae
Opuntia
698 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Angiospermae
eudicots
core eudicots
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Opuntioideae
Opuntieae
Opuntia
698 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Angiospermae
eudicots
core eudicots
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Opuntioideae
Opuntieae
Opuntia
Opuntia helleri (this page)
698 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Angiospermae
eudicots
core eudicots
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Opuntioideae
Opuntieae
Opuntia
Opuntia saxicola (this page)
698 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Angiospermae
eudicots
core eudicots
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Opuntioideae
Opuntieae
Opuntia
Opuntia insularis (this page)
698 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Angiospermae
eudicots
core eudicots
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Opuntioideae
Opuntieae
Opuntia
698 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.