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Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha

At the time of this classification snapshot, this variety 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-0001287417.

Synonyms of Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia trichopora (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Britton & Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 535. 1908. wfo-0001220309
Opuntia missouriensis var. platycarpa Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 300. 1856. wfo-0001239248
Opuntia polyacantha var. platycarpa (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 436. 1896. wfo-0001266585
Opuntia polyacantha var. albispina (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 437. 1896. wfo-0001266586
Opuntia polyacantha var. trichophora (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 437. 1896. wfo-0001287040
Opuntia polyacantha var. juniperina (Britton & Rose) L.D.Benson Cacti Ariz.: 20. 1969. wfo-0001287139
Opuntia missouriensis DC. Prodr. 3: 472. 1828. wfo-0001287379
Opuntia missouriensis var. trichophora Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 300. 1856. wfo-0001287380
Opuntia missouriensis var. albispina Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 300. 1856. wfo-0001287381
Opuntia heacockiae Arp in Sida 10(3): 207–209, f. 1–6. 1984. wfo-0001288271
Opuntia trichophora (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Britton & Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 535. 1908. wfo-0001289671
Opuntia juniperina Britton & Rose Cactaceae 1: 197, f. 243–244. 1919. wfo-0001289953
Opuntia missouriensis f. albispina (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 54. 1907. wfo-0001433272
Opuntia missouriensis f. trichophora (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 54. 1907. wfo-0001433273
Opuntia polyacantha f. platycarpa (J.M.Coult.) Toumey & Rose Stand. Cycl. Hort. 4: 2363. 1916. wfo-0001433306