Opuntia cochenillifera
Opuntia cochenillifera
Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) P. Mill.
Engl.: cochineal insect cactus, cochineal nopal cactus, nopal.
Sven.: kochenillkaktus.
Bot. syn.: Cactus cochenilliferus L., Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck.
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