Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck, 1996

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 370-473 : 371

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scientific name	Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck
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Cactus cochenillifer Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 1: 468. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in Jamaica & America calidiore." RCN: 3587.

Lectotype (Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 5: 411. 1989): [icon] " Tuna mitior flore sanguineo, cochenillifera " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 399, t. 297, f. 383. 1732.

Current name: Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck View in CoL ( Cactaceae ).

Note: Benson (Cacti U.S. Canada: 932. 1982) designated a neotype but this is contrary to Art. 9.11 as original material is in existence. See Crook & Mottram (in Bradleya 14: 111. 1996) who noted the original elements, and reproduced the type in colour (their f. 18, p. 127).