Cactus tuna Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 468. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica & America calidiore." RCN: 3586.

Lectotype (Crook & Mottram in Bradleya 22: 61. 2004): [icon] " Tuna major, spinis validis flavicantibus, flore gilvo " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 396, t. 295, f. 380. 1732 (see p. 123).

Current name: Opuntia tuna (L.) Mill. ( Cactaceae).