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As classified in WFO snapshot

March 2019

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Opuntia aciculata Griffiths

This species name was first published in in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29(3): 10–11. 1916.  

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-0000386662.

Synonyms of Opuntia aciculata Griffiths

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia lindheimeri var. aciculata (Griffiths) Bravo Cact. Suc. Mex. 19: 47 1974 wfo-0000385633
Opuntia flexospina Griffiths Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 87 1916 wfo-0000385749
Opuntia engelmannii subsp. aciculata (Griffiths) U.Guzmán & Mandujano Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18 2003 wfo-0000385795
Opuntia engelmannii var. flexospina (Griffiths) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava Madroño 35: 348 1988 publ. 1989 wfo-0000385800
Opuntia strigii var. flexospina (Griffiths) L.D.Benson Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46: 79 1974 wfo-0000385861
Opuntia engelmannii var. aciculata (Griffiths) Weniger Cacti S. W. 178 1969 wfo-0000738983