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December 2023

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Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.

This species name was first published in in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 292. 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-0001287230.

Synonyms of Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia violacea Engelm. Not. Milit. Reconn. 2: 157. 1848. wfo-0001286159
Opuntia violacea Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 2: 358. 1895. wfo-0001287010
Opuntia violacea var. castetteri L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41(3): 125. 1969. wfo-0001287011
Opuntia violacea var. macrocentra (Engelm.) L.D.Benson Cacti Ariz.: 21. 1969. wfo-0001287157
Opuntia shreveana C.Z.Nelson in Gatesburg Reg.: . 1915. wfo-0001289841