Opuntia microcarpa

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Opuntia microcarpa Engelm.
Notes Milit. Reconn. [Emory] 157 (fig. 7). 1848 nom. inval. provisional name
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.
Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849) Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(2): 207 (-208). 1850 [Jan 1850] et: Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849). 1849: 235. 1850 [Apr 1850]

Origin and Habitat: New Mexico (South-Central U.S.A., Northern America)

Synonyms:

Opuntia microcarpa Engelm.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.
Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849) Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(2): 207 (-208). 1850 [Jan 1850] et: Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849). 1849: 235. 1850 [Apr 1850]
Synonymy: 21

Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.
Opuntia dillei Griffiths
Opuntia engelmannii var. alta (Griffiths) Weniger

Opuntia alta Griffiths

Opuntia engelmannii var. cacanapa (Griffiths & Hare) Weniger

Opuntia cacanapa Griffiths & Hare

Opuntia engelmannii var. cyclodes Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow

Opuntia cyclodes (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Rose
Opuntia lindheimeri var. cyclodes (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult.

Opuntia engelmannii var. discata (Griffiths) C.Z.Nelson

Opuntia discata Griffiths
Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata (Griffiths) L.D.Benson & Walk.

Opuntia engelmannii var. megacarpa (Griffiths) Fosberg

Opuntia megacarpa Griffiths
Opuntia occidentalis var. megacarpa (Griffiths) Munz

Opuntia engelmannii var. subarmata (Griffiths) D.Weniger

Opuntia lindheimeri var. subarmata (Griffiths) Elizondo & Wehbe
Opuntia subarmata Griffiths

Opuntia microcarpa Engelm.
Opuntia procumbens Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
Opuntia tricolor Griffiths

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii subs. aciculata (Griffiths) U.Guzmán & Mandujano
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18 (11 Oct. 2003). (first published in U.Guzmán et al., Catálogo Cact. Mex.: 179 [May 2003])
Synonymy: 5

Opuntia engelmannii subs. aciculata (Griffiths) U.Guzmán & Mandujano

Opuntia aciculata Griffiths
Opuntia engelmannii var. aciculata (Griffiths) Weniger
Opuntia lindheimeri var. aciculata (Griffiths) Bravo

Opuntia aciculata var. orbiculata Backeb.

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. cuija Griffiths
New Mexico Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 60: 44, pl. 2. 1906
Synonymy: 4

Opuntia engelmannii var. cuija Griffiths

Opuntia cuija (Griffiths & Hare) Britton & Rose
Opuntia lindheimeri var. cuija (Griffiths) L.D.Benson

Opuntia cantabrigiensis Lynch

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. dulcis (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. ex K.Schum.
Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 725 725 1898.
Synonymy: 2

Opuntia engelmannii var. dulcis (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. ex K.Schum.

Opuntia lindheimeri var. dulcis (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. flavescens (Peebles) L.D.Benson
Cacti Ariz. 58 58 1950.
Synonymy: 2

Opuntia engelmannii var. flavescens (Peebles) L.D.Benson

Opuntia flavescens Peebles

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. flavispina (L.D.Benson) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava
Madroño 35: 348. 1988
Synonymy: 2

Opuntia engelmannii var. flavispina (L.D.Benson) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava

Opuntia phaeacantha var. flavispina L.D.Benson

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. flexospina (Griffiths) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava
Madroño 35(4): 348 348 1988
Synonymy: 3

Opuntia engelmannii var. flexospina (Griffiths) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava

Opuntia flexospina Griffiths
Opuntia strigil var. flexospina (Griffiths) L.D.Benson

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii subs. lindheimeri (Engelm.) U.Guzmán & Mandujano
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18 (11 Oct. 2003), first published in U.Guzmán et al., Catálogo Cact. Mex.: 179 [May 2003]
Synonymy: 6

Opuntia engelmannii subs. lindheimeri (Engelm.) U.Guzmán & Mandujano

Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri (Engelm.) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava
Opuntia lindheimeri Engelm.

Opuntia tardospina Griffiths
Opuntia cyanella Griffiths
Opuntia lindheimeri var. lehmannii L.D.Benson

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia engelmannii var. linguiformis (Griffiths) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava
Madroño 35(4): 347. 1989 [1988 publ. 1989]
Synonymy: 3

Opuntia engelmannii var. linguiformis (Griffiths) B.D.Parfitt & Pinkava

Opuntia lindheimeri var. linguiformis (Griffiths) L.D.Benson
Opuntia linguiformis Griffiths

Cultivars (1):

Opuntia engelmannii subs. lindheimeri cv. Gomei

Opuntia gomei Griffiths
Opuntia lindheimeri cv. Gomei Guiggi

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