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Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. is an accepted name

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

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Suppl. Pl. Succ. 82 1819.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1093743-2.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Cactus fragilis Nutt.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cactus pusillus Haw.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Opuntia brachyarthra Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia drummondii Graham	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia fragilis var. brachyarthra (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) J.M. Coult.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia pusilla (Haw.) Haw.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia tracyi Britton	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Tunas fragilis Nieuwl. & Lunell	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2391882, and has not been changed.