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Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.

This species name was first published in in Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(2): 206. 1850.

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-0001287376.

Synonyms of Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia leptocarpa Mackensen in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 141. 1911. wfo-0000385652
Opuntia fusiformis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Pacif. Railr. Rep. Parke, Bot. 4(5): 43. 1857. wfo-0000385735
Opuntia xanthoglochia Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 166. 1910. wfo-0000385894
Opuntia roseana Mackensen in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 142. 1911. wfo-0000385976
Opuntia tuberculata Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 80. 1819. wfo-0000386056
Opuntia sphaerocarpa Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Pacif. Railr. Rep. Parke, Bot. 4(5): 47. 1857. wfo-0000386073
Opuntia seguina C.Z.Nelson in Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci. 12: 120. 1919. wfo-0000390782
Cactus tuberculatus Willd. Enum. Pl., Suppl.: 34. 1814. wfo-0000578302
Opuntia mesacantha var. oplocarpa J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 431. 1896. wfo-0001219715
Opuntia rafinesquei f. oplocarpa (J.M.Coult.) Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 50. 1907. wfo-0001219718
Opuntia greenei (J.M.Coult.) Engelm. ex Britton & Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 523. 1908. wfo-0001219719
Opuntia macrorhiza subsp. macrorhiza wfo-0001286160
Opuntia grandiflora Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 295. 1856. wfo-0001287126
Opuntia fuscoatra Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 297. 1856. wfo-0001287375
Opuntia stenochila Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 296. 1856. wfo-0001287390
Opuntia macrorhiza var. macrorhiza wfo-0001287415
Opuntia mesacantha var. macrorhiza (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 430. 1896. wfo-0001289804
Opuntia mesacantha var. stenochila (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 430. 1896. wfo-0001289806
Opuntia compressa var. macrorhiza (Engelm.) L.D.Benson Cacti Ariz.: 50. 1950. wfo-0001289810
Opuntia compressa var. stenochila (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) D.Weniger Cacti Southwest: 211. 1970. wfo-0001289812
Opuntia compressa var. fuscoatra (Engelm.) D.Weniger Cacti Southwest: 207. 1970. wfo-0001289834
Opuntia loomisii Peebles in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 9: 109. 1938. wfo-0001433244
Opuntia macrorhiza var. grandiflora (Engelm.) Bulot in Succulentes (France): . 2002. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001433251
Opuntia macrorhiza var. greenii (J.M.Coult.) Bulot in Succulentes (France): . 2002. wfo-0001433252
Opuntia mesacantha var. grandiflora Engelm. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 429. 1896. wfo-0001433265
Opuntia mesacantha var. greenii J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 431. 1896. wfo-0001433266
Opuntia rafinesquei var. fusiformis Engelm. in Pacif. Railr. Rep., Bot. 4(5): 43. 1856. wfo-0001433322
Opuntia rafinesquei var. grandiflora Engelm. Descr. Cact.: 55. 1856. wfo-0001433323