Taxonomic account

Opuntia pubescens

Opuntia pubescens H.L.Wendl. ex Pfeiff.

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]

Cactus nanus Kunth
Cactus opuntia var. nana DC.
Cactus pubescens (H.L.Wendl. ex Pfeiff.) Lem.
Cereus nanus (Kunth) DC.
Corynopuntia dumetorum (A.Berger) F.M.Knuth
Grusonia dumetorum (A.Berger) E.F.Anderson
Opuntia depauperata Britton & Rose
Opuntia dumetorum A.Berger
Opuntia hoffmannii Bravo
Opuntia infesta (F.Ritter) Iliff
Opuntia leptarthra F.A.C.Weber
Opuntia nana (DC.) Vis.
Opuntia pascoensis Britton & Rose
Opuntia pestifer Britton & Rose
Opuntia pumila Rose
Opuntia tayapayensis Cárdenas
Opuntia vulgaris f. nana (DC.) Schelle
Opuntia vulgaris var. nana (DC.) K.Schum.
Platyopuntia dumetorum (A.Berger) F.Ritter
Platyopuntia infesta F.Ritter
Platyopuntia nana (Kunth) F.Ritter

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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