Taxonomic account

Opuntia gosseliniana

Opuntia gosseliniana F.A.C.Weber

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 chlorotica var. gosseliniana (F.A.C.Weber) D.J.Ferguson
Opuntia chlorotica var. santa-rita Griffiths & Hare
Opuntia gosseliniana subsp. santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) Guiggi
Opuntia gosseliniana var. santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) L.D.Benson
Opuntia santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) Rose
Opuntia shreveana C.Z.Nelson
Opuntia violacea var. gosseliniana (F.A.C.Weber) L.D.Benson
Opuntia violacea var. santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) L.D.Benson

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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