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December 2023

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Opuntia rastrera F.A.C.Weber

This species name was first published in in: Bois, D.G.J.M., Dict. Hort.: 896. 1898.

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-0001289836.

Synonyms of Opuntia rastrera F.A.C.Weber

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia lucens Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 269–270. 1908. wfo-0001289633
Opuntia engelmannii subsp. rastrera (F.A.C.Weber) Guiggi in Cactology 3: 8. 2012. wfo-0001433148
Opuntia engelmannii var. rastrera (F.A.C.Weber) Pinkava in J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 36: 20. 2003. wfo-0001433151
Opuntia lindheimeri var. lucens (Griffiths) Scheinvar in Phytologia 49: 320. 1981. wfo-0001433236