⚠ Version 1.1 of The Plant List has been superseded and should no longer be used.

The new version is available at http://www.worldfloraonline.org/tpl/kew-2393424. The new version is enhanced, using more data sources including Taxonomic Expert Networks and will be more frequently updated.

Opuntia aciculata Griffiths 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: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 10 1916.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:281603-2.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Opuntia engelmannii subsp. aciculata (Griffiths) U.Guzmán & Mandujano	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Opuntia engelmannii var. aciculata (Griffiths) Weniger	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Opuntia engelmannii var. aciculata (Griffiths) Bravo	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia engelmannii var. flexospina (Griffiths) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Opuntia flexospina Griffiths	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Opuntia lindheimeri var. aciculata (Griffiths) Bravo	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Opuntia strigii var. flexospina (Griffiths) L.D.Benson	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Earlier versions

This name record (from WCSP (in review)) was not included in version 1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name was included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Opuntia aciculata in version 1 of The Plant List.