Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Caryophyllanae > Order Caryophyllales > Family Cactaceae > Genus Opuntia

Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Opuntia*	(L.) Mill.	accepted genus name
*Cactus [unranked] Opuntia*	L.	basionym
*Nopalea*	Salm-Dyck	heterotypic synonym
*Opuntia anacantha*	Speg.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia aurantiaca*	Lindl.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia austrina*	Small	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia basilaris*	Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia bonaerensis*	Speg.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia canterae*	Arechav.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia chlorotica*	Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia cochenillifera*	(L.) Mill.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia dejecta*	Salm-Dyck	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia elata*	Salm-Dyck	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia elatior*	Mill.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia engelmannii*	Engelm.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia ficus-indica*	(L.) Mill.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia fragilis*	(Nutt.) Haw.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia humifusa*	(Raf.) Raf.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia leucotricha*	DC.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia macrocentra*	Engelm.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia macrorhiza*	Engelm.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia mesacantha*	Raf.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia microdasys*	(Lehm.) Pfeiff.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia monacantha*	(Willd.) Haw.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia phaeacantha*	Engelm.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia pilifera*	F. A. C. Weber	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia polyacantha*	Haw.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia puberula*	Pfeiff.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia rioplatensis*	Font	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia robusta*	Pfeiff.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia scheeri*	F. A. C. Weber	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia spinulifera*	Salm-Dyck	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia streptacantha*	Lem.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia stricta*	(Haw.) Haw.	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia tomentosa*	Salm-Dyck	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia tortispina*	Engelm. & Bigelow	taxonomically included in
*Opuntia tuna*	(L.) Mill.	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Cactus humifusus*	Raf.	basionym
*Opuntia rafinesquei*	Engelm.	synonym
*Opuntia vulgaris*	sensu Post, G. E. 1932: Flora of Syria, Palestine and Sinai, ed. 2, 1	misapplied name
*Opuntia vulgaris*	sensu Maslo, S. 2016: Contribution to the flora of Bosnia and Herzegovina (New neophytes in the flora of Bosnia and Herzegovina). – Glasnik Zemaljskog Muzeja u Bosni i Hercegovini 36: 43-61, non Mill.	misapplied name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Basque: india picoa sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Catalan: figuera chumba; figuera de moro sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Galician: chumbeira; figueira de faraón; figueira do demo; nopal sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Majorcan: figuera de moro sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Portuguese: figueira da India; figueira do inferno; figueira espinhosa da India; opuncia; opunta sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Spanish, Castillian: chumbera; chumbo; higo chumbo; higo de pala; higos de pala; higuera chumba; higuera de Indias; higuera de las Indias; higuera de pala; higuera de tuna; higuera del moro; higuera tuna; nopal; nopalera; palas; tuna; tunal sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/