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Opuntia rafinesquei var. minor Engelm.
Pacific Railr. Rep. 4(pt. 5 [no. 4]) (Whipple). U.S. Senate Rep. Expl. Surv. Pacific Ocean, Botany 4: 55, t. 11, f. 1, (1856) 1857
Family: CACTACEAE

= Opuntia humifusa var. minor (Engelm.) R.Crook & Mottram
Bradleya 16: 135 (1998)

Accepted Scientific Name: Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
Gard. & Forest 2 1830 Remarks: Combination made by indirect reference to the basionym. Merrill, Ind. Rafinesquianus (1948) 171 states that the name is a nomen nudum. Also published by Schlechter, Linnaea 8 Lit. Ber. (1833) 31.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
Gard. & Forest 2 1830 Remarks: Combination made by indirect reference to the basionym. Merrill, Ind. Rafinesquianus (1948) 171 states that the name is a nomen nudum. Also published by Schlechter, Linnaea 8 Lit. Ber. (1833) 31.
Synonymy: 18
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