⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name record (from Tropicos) is not included in version 1.1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name is included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Opuntia compressa in version 1.1 of The Plant List.
This name is a synonym of Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 5101156
) with original publication details: Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41(3): 124 124 1969.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:174940-2
.