⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-5100078, with some changes.

Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Opuntia (family Cactaceae).

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as an accepted name (record 5100078) with original publication details: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s. 4(1): 51-52 51 1849.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:281659-2.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Opuntia angustata Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia chihuahuensis Rose	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia discata Griffiths	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia dulcis Engelm.	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia engelmannii var. discata (Griffiths) A. Nelson	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia laevis J.M. Coult.	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia megacarpa Griffiths	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia mojavensis Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia phaeacantha var. brunnea Engelm.	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia phaeacantha var. chihuahuensis (Rose) Bravo	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata (Griffiths) L.D. Benson & Walk.	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia phaeacantha var. flavispina L.D. Benson	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia phaeacantha var. laevis (J.M. Coult.) L.D. Benson	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia phaeacantha var. major Engelm.	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia phaeacantha var. nigricans Engelm.	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia phaeacantha var. spinosibacca (M.S. Anthony) L.D. Benson	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia procumbens Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia superbospina Griffiths	Synonym		TRO
Opuntia zuniensis Griffiths	Synonym		TRO