Hybrid profile

Opuntia × alta

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Opuntia × alta Griffiths

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. engelmannii var. lindheimeri × O. stricta [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 engelmannii var. alta (Griffiths) D.Weniger

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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