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December 2023

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Opuntia tortispina Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow

This species name was first published in in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293. 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-0001287392.

Synonyms of Opuntia tortispina Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia sanguinocula Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 27: 26. 1914. wfo-0000386065
Opuntia minor Müll.Hal. in Ann. Bot. Syst. 5: 50. 1858. wfo-0001265631
Opuntia oplocarpa Engelm. ex J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 431. 1896. wfo-0001289807
Opuntia tenuispina Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 294. 1856. wfo-0001289824