Taxon: Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. polyacantha

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix II
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

See other conspecific taxa:

• Opuntia polyacantha (3 accessions)
• Opuntia polyacantha var. arenaria (no accessions)
• Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea (1 accessions)
• Opuntia polyacantha var. hystracina (no accessions)
• Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii (no accessions)

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.], British Columbia [s.], Saskatchewan [s.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Kansas [w. & n.e.], Nebraska [w.], North Dakota, Oklahoma [Cimarron Co.], South Dakota
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas [w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, Nevada, Utah

References:

• Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family.
• CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.

Check other web resources for Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. polyacantha:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Check other databases for images:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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