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(a) (b)(c)Fig. 1.16. Phacelia integrifolia: (a) fol. 51v; (b) inflorescence (Source: Nieland and Fin-
ley, 2009. Reproduced with permission of Texas Tech University Press); and (c) shoot of
P. integrifolia, respectively (Courtesy of Russell Kleinman).
is,Opuntiasp., quite possiblyOpuntia ficus-indica(L.) Mill.,O. mega-
canthaSalm-Dyck, orO. streptacanthaLem. (Dressler 1953). This is
callednochtliandtlatoc nochtli/tla-toc-n ̄ ochtli ̄ in the Codex Cruz-
Badianus (Emmart 1940; Dressler 1953; Cruz and Badiano 1991; Gates
2000; Zepeda and White 2008; Clayton et al. 2009; deAvila Blomberg ́
2012). Today,Opuntia ficus-indicais widely cultivated but apparently
native to central Mexico.Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck is
also widely cultivated for the insect that is the source for cochineal
(Standley 1920–1926:863).