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June 2025

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Maihueniopsis platyacantha (Pfeiff.) D.R.Hunt

This species name was first published in in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 25: 24. 2011.  

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-0000749818.

Synonyms of Maihueniopsis platyacantha (Pfeiff.) D.R.Hunt

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia alpina Gillies ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 146. 1837. wfo-0000386674
Tephrocactus platyacanthus (Pfeiff.) Lem. Cactées: 88. 1868. wfo-0000407678
Maihueniopsis albomarginata F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 2: 389. 1980. wfo-0001289294
Opuntia platyacantha Hort.Dyck. ex Pfeiff. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 5: 371. 1837. wfo-0001289350