- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:281655-2
- Publication
- West American Scientist. [Society of Natural History]. San Diego
- Collation
- 10(81): 1
- Date of Publication
- Nov 1896
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Cactaceae
Nomenclatural Notes
Status: nom. inval. nom. nud. Protologue: “We propose this name for that interesting plant of the Mohave desert region, hitherto called 0. parryi, and under which it has been well described. The Messrs. Parish have hardly earned this light honor in many laborious trips through these desert regions, and I take pleasure in dedicating this species to them; Opuntia parryi (type from San Felipe), along with bernardina and echinocarpa, and a bewildering host of nameless forms, I unhesitatingly class under serpentina! [The statement “hitherto called 0. parryi, and under which it has been well described” does not refer to any particular description]
as 'parishii'