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Tunas polyacantha (Haw.) Nieuwl. & Lunell
Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 479 1916.
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
Suppl. Pl. Succ. 82 1819 Haw.

Tunas polyacantha (Opuntia polyacantha) Photo by: Flavio Agrosi

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
Suppl. Pl. Succ. 82 1819
Synonymy: 20 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia polyacantha var. albispina (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult.
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 437 1896
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia polyacantha var. arenaria (Engelm.) B.D.Parfitt
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 70(4): 188. 1998
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) B.D.Parfitt
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 70: 188. 1998
Synonymy: 7 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) B.D.Parfitt
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 70(4): 188 1998
Synonymy: 7 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii (L.D.Benson) B.D.Parfitt
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 70(4): 188 1998
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia polyacantha var. platycarpa (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 436 1896
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Opuntia polyacantha var. schweriniana (K.Schum.) Backeb.
Cactaceae (Backeberg) 1: 607 1958
Synonymy: 2
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Plains pricklypear, Hairspine cactus, Panhandle pricklypear, Starvation pricklypear, Cliff prickly pear, Grizzly bear prickly pear, Hairy prickly pear, Hedgehog pricky pear, Juniper prickly pear, Nichol's prickly pear, Plains prickly pear, Porcuspine prickly pear, Red-spined prickly pear, Starvation prickly pear

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Opuntia polyacantha group



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