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Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.

This species name was first published in in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s. 4(1): 51–52. 1849.

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-0001287002.

Synonyms of Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia gregoriana Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 26. 1912. wfo-0000385837
Opuntia rubrifolia Engelm. ex J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 424. 1896. wfo-0000385989
Opuntia recurvospina Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 12. 1916. wfo-0000386021
Opuntia toumeyi Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 402. 1909. wfo-0000386058
Opuntia blakeana Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 402. 1909. wfo-0000386514
Opuntia eocarpa Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 11. 1916. wfo-0000386547
Opuntia mohavensis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Pacif. Railr. Rep. Parke, Bot. 4(5): t. 9, f. 6-8. 1857. wfo-0000386590
Opuntia confusa Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 27: 28. 1914. wfo-0000386591
Opuntia camanchica Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293. 1856. wfo-0001239482
Opuntia superbospina Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29(3): 13. 1916. wfo-0001256659
Opuntia wootonii Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 171. 1910. wfo-0001256668
Opuntia phaeacantha subsp. camanchica (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Borg Cacti: 96. 1951. wfo-0001263048
Opuntia engelmannii var. wootonii (Griffiths) Fosberg in Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 30: 71. 1931. wfo-0001263049
Opuntia phaeacantha var. major Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293. 1856. wfo-0001287005
Opuntia phaeacantha var. nigricans Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293. 1856. wfo-0001287006
Opuntia phaeacantha var. phaeacantha wfo-0001287007
Opuntia canada Griffiths Ill. Stud. Opuntia: 90–91, t. 6, lower f., t. 2, f. 6, t. 13, f. 2, 12. 1909. wfo-0001287116
Opuntia phaeacantha var. camanchica (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41(3): 125. 1969. wfo-0001287134
Opuntia phaeacantha var. wootonii (Griffiths) L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41(3): 125. 1969. wfo-0001287137
Opuntia chihuahuensis Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12(7): 291–292. 1909. wfo-0001287220
Opuntia mojavensis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293. 1856. wfo-0001287339
Opuntia angustata Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 292. 1856. wfo-0001287362
Opuntia dulcis Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 291. 1856. wfo-0001287368
Opuntia engelmannii var. cyclodes Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 291. 1856. wfo-0001287370
Opuntia phaeacantha var. brunnea Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293. 1856. wfo-0001287384
Opuntia procumbens Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 292. 1856. wfo-0001287385
Opuntia phaeacantha var. chihuahuensis (Rose) Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 19(2): 47. 1974. wfo-0001289843
Opuntia lindheimeri var. dulcis (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 421. 1896. wfo-0001289844
Opuntia engelmannii var. dulcis (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. ex K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 725. 1897–1899. wfo-0001289845
Opuntia zuniensis Griffiths in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43(2): 86–87. 1916. wfo-0001289846
Opuntia lindheimeri var. cyclodes (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 422. 1896. wfo-0001289849
Opuntia gilvescens Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard.: 87–88. 1909. wfo-0001289850
Opuntia cyclodes (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13(9): 309. 1911. wfo-0001289851
Opuntia comanchica Urlandt in Neubert's Deutsch. Gart.-Mag. 40: 156. 1887. wfo-0001433102
Opuntia laevis var. canada (Griffiths) Peebles in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 9: 68. 1937. wfo-0001433223
Opuntia mesacantha var. sphaerocarpa J.M.Coult. ex Wooton & Standl. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 446. 1915. wfo-0001433268
Opuntia phaeacantha f. brunnea (Engelm.) Schelle Kakteen: 72. 1926. wfo-0001433291
Opuntia phaeacantha subsp. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Guiggi in Cactology 3 (Suppl. II): 3. 2012. wfo-0001433292
Opuntia phaeacantha var. castorea S.L.Welsh & N.D.Atwood Utah Fl.: 75. 2003. wfo-0001433293
Opuntia phaeacantha var. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Fosberg in Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 33: 103. 1934. wfo-0001433296
Opuntia phaeacantha var. superbospina (Griffiths) L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46: 79. 1974. wfo-0001433297
Opuntia platyacantha f. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Schelle Kakteen: 72. 1926. wfo-0001433300