Taxonomic account

Opuntia toumeyi

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Opuntia toumeyi Rose

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]

First publication of the name

Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 402 (1909) [2-WWW]

Change in name treatment

In the WCVP snapshot of 4 June 2026, the name Opuntia toumeyi was linked to Opuntia phaeacantha. The current POWO list accepts it as a separate species. [2-WWW]

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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