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Opuntia macracantha
is an accepted name
This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Opuntia (family Cactaceae).
The record derives from Tropicos
(data supplied on
)
which reports it as an accepted name (record 5101271) with original publication details: Proc. Elliott Soc. Nat. Hist. Charleston 1: 273 1859.
Synonyms:
No synonyms are recorded for this name.
Further information
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World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Tropicos
Catalogue of Life
African Plant Database
Brazilian Flora Online
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium
JSTOR Plant Science- Herbarium Catalogue Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
National Center for Biotechnology Information
- GenBank — Nucleotide Alphabet of Life
Encyclopedia of Life- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Plant information portal
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Wikispecies
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Earlier versions
This name record (from Tropicos) was not included in version 1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name was included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Opuntia macracantha in version 1 of The Plant List.