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Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) B.D.Parfitt

This variety name was first published in in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 70(4): 188. 1998.

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-0001266537.

Synonyms of Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) B.D.Parfitt

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia erinacea Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 301. 1856. wfo-0001286994
Opuntia erinacea var. erinacea wfo-0001286995
Opuntia erinacea var. ursina (F.A.C.Weber) Parish Fl. Calif. 2: 542. 1936. wfo-0001287124
Opuntia ursina F.A.C.Weber Dict. Hort. 2: 896. 1898. wfo-0001287334
Opuntia hystricina var. ursina (F.A.C.Weber) Backeb. Cactaceae 1: 610. 1958. wfo-0001289685
Opuntia diploursina Stock, N.Hussey & Beckstrom in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 86: 79. 2014. wfo-0001433130
Opuntia erinacea var. paucispina Dunkle in Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 34: 3. 1935. wfo-0001433152
Opuntia hystricina var. bensonii Backeb. Cactaceae 1: 609. 1958. wfo-0001433210
Opuntia polyacantha subsp. erinacea (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Guiggi in Cactology 3 (Suppl. II): 4. 2012. wfo-0001433308