⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-5101053, and has not been changed.

Opuntia rhodantha K. Schum. is a synonym of Opuntia polyacantha var. hystericina (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) B.D. Parfitt

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 5101053) with original publication details: La Semaine Hort. 1897.