Opuntia rafinesquei Engelm.
, Descr. Cact. [G. Engelmann & J. Bigelow] 41, t. X , figs. 3-5; XXIII, figs. 7-8 (1856), isonym.
External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136963-1
- Publication
- Description of the Cactaceae
- Collation
- 41, t. X , figs. 3-5; XXIII, figs. 7-8
- Date of Publication
- late ? 1856
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Cactaceae
Type Information
- Locality
- & Collection: 'In sterile, sandy, or rocky (consisting as well of sandstone as of limestone) localities in the Mississippi valley, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and north to Wisconsin, east to Kentucky, and south, probably, to Louisiana and Texas; westward it has not been found west of the western boundary of Missouri and Arkansas. Flowers in May and June'
- Distribution Of Types
- United States of America (Northern America)
Original Data
- Remarks
- Am. bor. occ
Nomenclatural Notes
Status: isonym
(as 'Rafinesquii')
Remarks
Plate 'X' cited as 'XI'; plate XXIII not cited