Opuntia basilaris

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: superasterids • Ordo: Caryophyllales • Familia: Cactaceae • Subfamilia: Opuntioideae • Genus: Opuntia • Species: Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow (1856)

Synonyms

Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris (from The Plant List)
Opuntia whitneyana E.M. Baxter (from The Plant List)

Vernacular names

English: Beavertail pricklypear, Beavertail Cactus
español: Nopal del castor
magyar: Hódfarkú fügekaktusz
lietuvių: Padrikoji opuncija
svenska: Bäversvansopuntia

Included varieties (for Catalogue of Life, 16 July 2018):

O. b. var. basilaris, O. b. var. brachyclada, O. b. var. heilii, O. b. var. longiareolata, O. b. var. treleasei

Included varieties (for The Plant List, 16 July 2018):

O. b. var. longiareolata, O. b. var. treleasei

Note: only subspecies listed as 'Accepted'

Included subspecies (for Tropicos, 16 July 2018):

O. b. subsp. whitneyana

Note: Plus varietas Opuntia basilaris var. albiflorus, Opuntia basilaris var. aurea, Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris, Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada, Opuntia basilaris var. cordata, Opuntia basilaris var. heilii, Opuntia basilaris var. humistrata, Opuntia basilaris var. longiareolata, Opuntia basilaris var. ramosa, Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei, Opuntia basilaris var. whitneyana, Opuntia basilaris var. woodburyi. list containing potentially synonyms