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Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf. is an accepted name

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

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Med. Fl. 2: 247 1830.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136679-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Cactus compressus Salisb.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cactus humifusus Raf.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cactus opuntia var. nana DC.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Opuntia austrina Small	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia calcicola Wherry	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia compressa J.F. Macbr.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia compressa var. austrina (Small) L.D. Benson	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia compressa var. fuscoatra (Engelm.) Weniger	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia fuscoatra Engelm.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia humifusa var. austrina (Small) Dress	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia humifusa subsp. humifusa	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia impedata Small	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia mesacantha Raf.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia rafinesquei Engelm.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Opuntia humifusa subsp. minor (Engelm.) R. Crook & Mottram	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name record (from WCSP (in review)) 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 humifusa in version 1 of The Plant List.