Bigelow, J.M., Plates to the Cactaceae of Whipple’s expedition (1856)
Expl. Railroad Mississippi Pacific

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(1856)

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t. 14

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recognized name:
720692 Opuntia polyacantha Haw.

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cited name:
720560 Opuntia missouriensis DC.

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drawing: P. Roetter

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family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Opuntioideae

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epithet cited: missouriensis,-is,-e

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epithet recognized: polyacanthus,-a,-um

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Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.

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link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=71792

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heterotypic synonyms:
Opuntia missouriensis DC.; Opuntia trichophora (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Britton & Rose;