Opuntia tortispina

Opuntia tortispina is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to the central United States (Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming).[1] It was first described in 1856.[2]

Opuntia tortispina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Species:
O. tortispina
Binomial name
Opuntia tortispina
Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Opuntia cymochila Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
  • Opuntia mackensenii var. minor (M.S.Anthony) A.M.Powell & Weedin
  • Opuntia macrocentra var. minor M.S.Anthony
  • Opuntia mesacantha var. cymochila (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult.
  • Opuntia sanguinocula Griffiths
  • Opuntia tortispina var. cymochila (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Backeb.

References
  1. "Opuntia tortispina Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-10-18
  2. "Opuntia tortispina Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-10-18


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