Opuntia pottsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Arizona, New Mexico and Texas in the United States and to northeast Mexico.[1] It was first described by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck in 1850.[2]
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| Opuntia pottsii |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Order: |
Caryophyllales |
| Family: |
Cactaceae |
| Genus: |
Opuntia |
| Species: |
O. pottsii |
| Binomial name |
Opuntia pottsii
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| Synonyms[1] |
- Opuntia ballii Rose
- Opuntia delicata Rose
- Opuntia filipendula Engelm.
- Opuntia loomisii Peebles
- ?Opuntia macrorhiza var. potosina R.E.M.Hern.
- Opuntia macrorhiza subsp. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) U.Guzmán & Mandujano
- Opuntia macrorhiza var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D.Benson
- Opuntia plumbea Rose
- Opuntia pottsii var. montana (Engelm. & Bigelow) Bulot
- Opuntia rafinesquei ssp. cymochila var. montana Engelm. & Bigelow
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