⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-5107798, with some changes.

Opuntia engelmannii var. aciculata (Griffiths) Bravo is a synonym of Opuntia engelmannii subsp. aciculata (Griffiths) U. Guzmán & Mandujano

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 5107798) with original publication details: Cact. Suc. Mex. 19: 47 47 1974.