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December 2024

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Opuntia velutina F.A.C.Weber

This species name was first published in in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 10: 389–390. 1904.  

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-0001289874.

Synonyms of Opuntia velutina F.A.C.Weber

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia atropes Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 518. 1908. wfo-0001289873
Opuntia nelsonii Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 516. 1908. wfo-0001289875
Opuntia affinis Griffiths in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 27(6): 27–28. 1914. wfo-0001289878
Opuntia velutina var. affinis (Griffiths) Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 17(4): 119. 1972. wfo-0001289879