Opuntia ficus-indica: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Cactus chinensis Roxb., Cactus compressus Salisb., Cactus decumanus Willd., Cactus ficus-indica Linnaeus, Cactus opuntia Linnaeus, Opuntia chinensis (Roxb.) K. Koch, Opuntia compressa J.F. Macbride, Opuntia decumana (Willd.) Haw., Opuntia ficusindica L., Opuntia ficus-indica var. decumana (Haw.) Speg., Opuntia ficus-indica var. decumana (Willd.) Speg., Opuntia ficus-indica var. gymnocarpa (F.A.C. Weber) Speg., Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten Makino, Opuntia gymnocarpa F.A.C. Weber, Opuntia megacantha Salm-Dyck, Opuntia opuntia (L.) H. Karst., nom. inval., tautonym, Opuntia opuntia (L.) J.M. Coult., nom. illeg., tautonym, Opuntia vulgaris Miller.
References regarding Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1768)
· Genera Plantarum (1789)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Hort. Beng. (1814)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis (1814)
· Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum (1819)
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Hortus Dyckensis ou Catalogue des Plantes … Cactus (1834)
· Hortus Dendrologicus (1853)
· Deutsche Flora. Pharmaceutisch-medicinische Botanik (1898)
· Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (1905)
· Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (1922)
· Journal of Japanese Botany (1931)
· Agrociencia (1966)
· Madroño (1975)
· Dizionario etimologico della lingua italiana. (1980)
· Cact. Succ. J. (1982)
· Opuntia ficus-indica.
· Especies promisorias vegetales de los países del Convenio Andrés Bello. (1990)
· Taxon (1991)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1997)
· Caryologia (2000)
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