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Opuntia × vaseyi

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Opuntia × vaseyi (J.M.Coult.) Britton & Rose

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

Natural hybridAccount scope · nomenclature

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

Hybrid parentage record

O. littoralis × O. phaeacantha [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 humifusa var. vaseyi (J.M.Coult.) A.Heller
Opuntia littoralis var. austrocalifornica L.D.Benson & Walk.
Opuntia littoralis var. vaseyi (J.M.Coult.) L.D.Benson & Walk.
Opuntia mesacantha var. vaseyi J.M.Coult.
Opuntia occidentalis var. vaseyi (J.M.Coult.) Munz
Opuntia × covillei Britton & Rose
Opuntia × magenta Griffiths
Opuntia × rubiflora Davidson
Opuntia × rugosa Griffiths
Opuntia × vaseyi var. magenta (Griffiths) Parish

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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