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December 2023

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Opuntia rufida Engelm.

This species name was first published in in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 298. 1856.

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-0001287143.

Synonyms of Opuntia rufida Engelm.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia microdasys var. rufida (Engelm.) K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 706. 1897–1899. wfo-0001269371
Opuntia microdasys subsp. rufida (Engelm.) U.Guzmán & Mandujano in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18. 2003. wfo-0001286168
Opuntia rufida var. tortiflora M.S.Anthony in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 55(1): 240, f. 15. 1956. wfo-0001289793