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Beavertail Cactus

Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from ITIS Global in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Opuntia basilaris
Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & Bigelow
Recognized by NBII images
Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow
Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow (1856)
Recognized by IABIN
Opuntia basilaris Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow
Recognized by eFloras
Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz
Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada Munz
Recognized by GBIF classification
Opuntia brachyclada
Species recognized by United States Species List
Opuntia basilaris
Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & Bigelow
Species recognized by iNaturalist
Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow
Opuntia basilaris subsp. brachyclada
Subspecies recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada
Opuntia brachyclada
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Opuntia brachyclada Griffiths
Recognized by NMNH type specimens

Alternative Names

Opuntia basilaris var. whitneyana (E. M. Baxter) E. M. Baxter
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Opuntia brachyclada Griffiths
Opuntia basilaris subsp. whitneyana (E. M. Baxter) Munz
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Opuntia basilaris var. albiflora (E. M. Baxter) W. T. Marshall & T. M. Bock
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Opuntia basilaris var. albiflora Walton
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Opuntia basilaris var. cordata Fobe
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Opuntia basilaris var. heilii S. L. Welsh & Neese
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Opuntia basilaris var. humistrata (Griffiths) W. T. Marshall
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Opuntia basilaris var. ramosa Parish
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Opuntia basilaris var. whitneyana (E. M. Baxter) W. T. Marshall & T. M. Bock
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Opuntia brachyclada
Synonym according to CITES
Opuntia brachyclada subsp. humistrata (Griffiths) Wiggins & C. B. Wolf
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Opuntia humistrata Griffiths
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Opuntia intricata Griffiths
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Opuntia longiareolata
Synonym according to CITES
Opuntia treleasei
Synonym according to CITES
Opuntia whitneyana
Synonym according to CITES
Opuntia whitneyana E. M. Baxter
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Opuntia whitneyana var. albiflora E. M. Baxter
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Beavertail Cactus preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin
Bakersfield Beavertail Cactus
Recognized by CITES
Beavertail Pricklypear
Recognized by Flickr BHL and Wikidata Common Names
Beavertail pricklypear
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Nopal de Castor
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Nopal
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Prickly Pear
Recognized by Flickr BHL
beavertail pricklypear
Beavertail Prickly-pear
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

褐毛掌 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

hódfarkú fügekaktusz preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Padrikoji opuncija preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Nopal del Castor preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow

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 7 February 2023

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 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Opuntia

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.

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 basilaris (this page)
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.