Plant Details

Accepted name:: Opuntia tomentosa Salm-Dyck [Cactaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
nopal	Other	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
tlatocnochtli	Other	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
penca, artículo		Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Opuntia hernandezii DC. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 69 (1828).
Cactus hernandezii (DC.) Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(3): 1911 (1841).
Cactus tomentosus Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 24 (1822).
Nopal silvestre Thierry ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler Handb. Cakteenk., ed. 2: 929 (1885).
Opuntia eichlamii A.Berger Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 147 (1912), nom. illeg.
Opuntia hernandezii var. typica Rol.-Goss. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 15: 507 (1909), not validly publ.
Opuntia icterica Griffiths Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 138 (1913).
Opuntia macdougaliana Rose Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 516 (1908).
Opuntia micrarthra Griffiths Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 130 (1913).
Opuntia oblongata H.L.Wendl. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 161 (1837).
Opuntia rileyi J.G.Ortega Bol. Pro-Cult. Regional 1(13): 7 (1930).
Opuntia sarca Griffiths ex Scheinvar Phytologia 49: 328 (1981).
Opuntia spraguei J.G.Ortega Bol. Pro-Cult. Regional 1(13): 6 (1930).
Opuntia tomentella A.Berger Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 147 (1912).
Opuntia tomentosa var. hernandezii (DC.) Bravo Cact. Suc. Mex. 20: 96 (1975).
Opuntia tomentosa var. herrerae Scheinvar Phytologia 49: 332 (1981).
Opuntia tomentosa var. rileyi (J.G.Ortega) Backeb. Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 1: 542 (1958).
Opuntia tomentosa var. spraguei (J.G.Ortega) Backeb. Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 1: 542 (1958).
Opuntia velutina var. macdougaliana (Rose) Bravo Cact. Suc. Mex. 17: 119 (1972).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Opuntia hernandezii DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Opuntia tomentosa Salm-Dyck	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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