Cactaceae
Opuntia sulphurea
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Synonyms
- Cactus sulphureus Gillies ex Loudon
- Opuntia albisetosa Hildm. ex Hirscht
- Opuntia brachyacantha (F.Ritter) R.Crook & Mottram
- Opuntia brunnescens Britton & Rose
- Opuntia coerulea Gillies ex Pfeiff.
- Opuntia hildemanii Frič
- Opuntia maculacantha C.F.Först.
- Opuntia maelenii Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia pampeana Speg.
- Opuntia sericea G.Don ex Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia sericea var. longispina Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia sericea var. maelenii Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia sulphurea subsp. brachyacantha (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves
- Opuntia sulphurea subsp. spinibarbis (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves
- Opuntia sulphurea subsp. vulpina (F.A.C.Weber) Guiggi
- Opuntia sulphurea var. hildemanii (Frič) Backeb.
- Opuntia sulphurea var. laevior Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia sulphurea var. major Monv. ex Lem.
- Opuntia sulphurea var. pallidior Monv. ex Lem.
- Opuntia sulphurea var. pampeana (Speg.) Backeb.
- Opuntia vulpina F.A.C.Weber
- Platyopuntia brachyacantha F.Ritter
- Platyopuntia spinibarbis F.Ritter
- Platyopuntia spinibarbis var. grandiflora F.Ritter
- Platyopuntia sulphurea (Gillies ex Loudon) F.Ritter
Photos
Photo: Opuntia13_filtered.jpg : Mary Emily Eaton, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Micah MacAllen from Iringa, Tanzania, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CactiLegacy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oakley, L., Pin, A. & Duarte, W.,Oakley, L., Pin, A. & Duarte, W.,Oakley, L., Pi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diego Armentano, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DiCarloGonzalo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.