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December 2023

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Opuntia microdasys (Lehm.) Pfeiff.

This species name was first published in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 154. 1837.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000385628.

Synonyms of Opuntia microdasys (Lehm.) Pfeiff.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia pulvinata DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 119. 1828. wfo-0000386001
Cactus microdasys Lehm. Index Sem. (Hamburg): 16. 1827. wfo-0000578000
Opuntia microdasys subsp. microdasys wfo-0001286167
Opuntia macrocalyx Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 268–269, pl. 28. 1908. wfo-0001289632
Opuntia microdasys var. pallida Borg Cacti: 83. 1951. wfo-0001289691
Opuntia microdasys var. albispina Fobe & Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 10. 1957. wfo-0001289692
Opuntia microdasys var. laevior Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 241. 1850. wfo-0001289693
Opuntia microdasys var. minor Salm-Dyck Hort. Dyck.: 186. 1834. wfo-0001289694
Opuntia herrfeldtii Kupper in Monatsschr. Kakteenk.: 212. 1930. wfo-0001289724
Opuntia lubrica Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 169, t. 23. 1910. wfo-0001289795
Opuntia microdasys f. minor (Salm-Dyck) Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 47. 1907. wfo-0001433269
Opuntia microdasys subvar. albiflora Backeb. Cactaceae 6: 3623. 1962. wfo-0001433270