Taxonomic account

Opuntia phaeacantha

Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.

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 chihuahuensis Rose
Opuntia comanchica Urlandt
Opuntia eocarpa Griffiths
Opuntia gregoriana Griffiths
Opuntia phaeacantha var. castorea S.L.Welsh & N.D.Atwood
Opuntia phaeacantha var. chihuahuensis (Rose) Bravo
Opuntia phaeacantha var. nigricans Engelm.
Opuntia phaeacantha var. superbospina (Griffiths) L.D.Benson
Opuntia recurvospina Griffiths
Opuntia rubrifolia Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.
Opuntia superbospina 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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