Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf. [ Opuntia rafinesquei var. minor Engelm.]
Torrey, J., Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean in 1853-6 (1856)
Pacif. Railr. Rep.

vol. 4 (1853-1856)
t. 11
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Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.


name cited:
Opuntia rafinesquei var. minor Engelm.
name recognized:
Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
name recognized (basionym):
Opuntia rafinesquei Engelm.
drawing: P. Roetter
family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Opuntioideae
epithet cited: rafinesquei

epithet recognized: humifusus,-a,-um

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San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
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contact about this record homotypic synonyms:
Cactus humifusus Raf.;