⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-5100168, with some changes.

Opuntia polyacantha Haw. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Opuntia (family Cactaceae).

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as an accepted name (record 5100168) with original publication details: Suppl. Pl. Succ. 82 82 1819.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:290995-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Opuntia missouriensis DC.	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia missouriensis var. rufispina Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia missouriensis var. trichophora Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia polyacantha var. rufispina (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) L.D. Benson	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia polyacantha var. trichophora (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) J.M. Coult.	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia trichophora (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Britton & Rose	Synonym		TRO
Tunas polyacantha (Haw.) Nieuwl. & Lunell	Synonym		TRO