Taxonomic account

Opuntia aciculata

Opuntia aciculata Griffiths

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 aciculata var. orbiculata Backeb.
Opuntia engelmannii subsp. aciculata (Griffiths) U.Guzmán & Mandujano
Opuntia engelmannii subsp. flexispina (Griffiths) Lodé
Opuntia engelmannii var. aciculata (Griffiths) D.Weniger
Opuntia engelmannii var. flexospina (Griffiths) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava
Opuntia flexospina Griffiths
Opuntia lindheimeri var. aciculata (Griffiths) Bravo
Opuntia strigil var. flexospina (Griffiths) 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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