⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.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.
This name is a synonym of Opuntia engelmannii subsp. aciculata .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 5107798
) with original publication details: Cact. Suc. Mex. 19: 47 47 1974.