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Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii (L.D. Benson) B.D. Parfitt is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of an infraspecific taxon* of the species Opuntia polyacantha Haw. in the genus Opuntia (family Cactaceae).

* The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa

The record derives from Tropicos (data supplied on 2012-04-18 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 50222593) with original publication details: Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 70(4): 188 1998.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1003057-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Opuntia hystricina var. nicholii (L.D. Benson) Backeb.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia nicholii L.D. Benson	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

The species Opuntia polyacantha Haw. has a further 11 synonyms.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record tro-50222593, and has not been changed.