Opuntia pottsii

Opuntia pottsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Arizona, New Mexico and Texas in the United States and to northeast Mexico.[1] It was first described by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck in 1850.[2]

Opuntia pottsii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Species:
O. pottsii
Binomial name
Opuntia pottsii
Synonyms[1]
  • Opuntia ballii Rose
  • Opuntia delicata Rose
  • Opuntia filipendula Engelm.
  • Opuntia loomisii Peebles
  • ?Opuntia macrorhiza var. potosina R.E.M.Hern.
  • Opuntia macrorhiza subsp. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) U.Guzmán & Mandujano
  • Opuntia macrorhiza var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D.Benson
  • Opuntia plumbea Rose
  • Opuntia pottsii var. montana (Engelm. & Bigelow) Bulot
  • Opuntia rafinesquei ssp. cymochila var. montana Engelm. & Bigelow

References
  1. "Opuntia pottsii Salm-Dyck", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-10-18
  2. "Opuntia pottsii Salm-Dyck", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-10-18


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