| Taxon | Opuntia X vaseyi |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Cactaceae |
| Family common name(s) | cactus |
| Genus common name(s) | opuntia; prickly-pear cactus; prickly pear cactus; pricklypear cactus; prickly-pear; prickly pear; pricklypear; true prickly-pear; true prickly pear; prickle-pear cactus; prickle pear cactus; pricklepear cactus; prickle-pear; prickle pear; nopal; tuna; tuna cactus |
| Species common name(s) | Vasey's prickly-pear; Vasey's prickly pear; Vasey's coastal prickly-pear; Vasey's coastal pricklypear; Vasey's coastal prickly-pear cactus; Vasey's coastal pricklypear cactus; Vasey prickly-pear; Vasey prickly pear; Vasey coastal prickly-pear; Vasey coastal pricklypear; Vasey coastal prickly-pear cactus; Vasey coastal pricklypear cactus; mesa tuna; apricot prickly-pear; apricot prickly pear |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | golden prickly pear, sprawling prickly pear are applied to multiple Opuntia taxa |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian-fig, Indian fig, Indian-fig prickly-pear, Indian-fig prickly pear, Indian-fig pricklypear, Indian fig prickly pear, Indian-fig opuntia, Indian fig opuntia, Indian pear |
| Notes | Vasey is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Vaseys is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | [Opuntia littoralis X Opuntia phaeacantha] Opuntia littoralis (Engelm.) Cockerell var. austrocalifornica L.D. Benson & Walk.; Opuntia littoralis (Engelm.) Cockerell var. vaseyi (J.M. Coult.) L.D. Benson & Walk.; Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow var. covillei (Britton & Rose) Parish |
