Cactaceae Juss.
Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
, legitimate, scientific
[Haworth, A.H. (1819), Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum]:
82
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"HABITAT prope flumen Missouri, in America Boreali, in aridis locus. CULT. in hort. Chels. A.D. 1814."
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census]:
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[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Opuntia sphaerocarpa var. utahensis Engelm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Opuntia rhodantha K.Schum.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Opuntia erinacea var. utahensis (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Opuntia sp. C
[n/a]
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APC Dist.:
SA (naturalised)
[Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (10 December 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2019. Nuytsia 30]:
342
[secondary reference]
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Text:
"New naturalised record for WA. R.J. Chinnock in litt. (23/05/2019)."
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Opuntia sphaerocarpa var. utahensis Engelm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Opuntia rhodantha K.Schum.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Opuntia erinacea var. utahensis (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Opuntia sp. C
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Opuntia sp. C
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Opuntia sp. C
[n/a]
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APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)