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Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.

This species name was first published in in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s. 4(1): 51–52. 1849.  

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-0001287002.

Synonyms of Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia superbospina Griffiths Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29(3): 13 1916 wfo-0001256659
Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata (Griffiths) L.D.Benson & Walk. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52(3): 265 1965 wfo-0001287003
Opuntia phaeacantha var. flavispina L.D.Benson Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46(2): 79 1974 wfo-0001287004
Opuntia phaeacantha var. major Engelm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293 1856 wfo-0001287005
Opuntia phaeacantha var. nigricans Engelm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293 1856 wfo-0001287006
Opuntia phaeacantha var. phaeacantha wfo-0001287007
Opuntia discata Griffiths Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 266–267, pl. 27 [upper f.ure] 1908 wfo-0001287036
Opuntia phaeacantha var. laevis (J.M.Coult.) L.D.Benson Cacti Arizona (ed. 3) 21 1969 wfo-0001287135
Opuntia phaeacantha var. spinosibacca (M.S.Anthony) L.D.Benson Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41(3): 125 1969 wfo-0001287136
Opuntia chihuahuensis Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12(7): 291–292 1909 wfo-0001287220
Opuntia megacarpa Griffiths Ill. Stud. Opuntia 91, pl. 2, f. 3, pl. 13, f. 10 1909 wfo-0001287338
Opuntia mojavensis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293 1856 wfo-0001287339
Opuntia angustata Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 292 1856 wfo-0001287362
Opuntia dulcis Engelm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 291 1856 wfo-0001287368
Opuntia phaeacantha var. brunnea Engelm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293 1856 wfo-0001287384
Opuntia procumbens Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 292 1856 wfo-0001287385
Opuntia phaeacantha var. chihuahuensis (Rose) Bravo Cact. Suc. Mex. 19(2): 47 1974 wfo-0001289843
Opuntia zuniensis Griffiths Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43(2): 86–87 1916 wfo-0001289846
Opuntia engelmannii var. discata (Griffiths) A.Nelson Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12: 124 1919 wfo-0001289847
Opuntia laevis J.M.Coult. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 419 1896 wfo-0001289955

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link