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Opuntia mojavensis

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Opuntia mojavensis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow

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

Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5, 3): 40 (1857 publ. 1856) [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 phaeacantha var. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Fosberg
Opuntia phaeacantha subsp. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Guiggi
Opuntia platyacantha f. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Schelle

Change in name treatment

In the WCVP snapshot of 4 June 2026, the name Opuntia mojavensis 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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