Taxonomic account

Opuntia nicholii

Opuntia nicholii L.D.Benson

Name accepted in Plants of the World Online. [2-WWW]

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Ranga: Species
Genus list verification: 11 October 2026 [2-WWW]

Names in the literature

Synonyms and spelling variants linked to the accepted name in WCVP 16, including updates to the genus list. [27-WWW] [2-WWW]

Opuntia erinacea var. rhodantha (K.Schum. ex Rehnelt) L.D.Benson
Opuntia erinacea var. xanthostemma (K.Schum.) L.D.Benson
Opuntia hystricina var. nicholii (L.D.Benson) Backeb.
Opuntia polyacantha subsp. nicholii (L.D.Benson) M.H.J.van der Meer
Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii (L.D.Benson) B.D.Parfitt
Opuntia polyacantha var. rhodantha (K.Schum. ex Rehnelt) M.H.J.van der Meer
Opuntia rhodantha K.Schum. ex Rehnelt
Opuntia rhodantha f. xanthostemma (K.Schum.) Rehder
Opuntia rhodantha var. spinosior Boissev. & C.Davidson
Opuntia rhodantha var. xanthostemma (K.Schum.) Rehder
Opuntia xanthostemma K.Schum.
Opuntia xerocarpa Griffiths

Nomenclatural basis

The genus's species list was checked in POWO on 11 October 2026. Authorship and links between older names were compared with WCVP 16, a snapshot from 4 June 2026. [27-WWW] [2-WWW] [2-WWW]

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