Opuntia pottsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Arizona, New Mexico and Texas in the United States and to northeast Mexico.[1] It was first described by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck in 1850.[2]
Opuntia pottsii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Genus: | Opuntia |
Species: | O. pottsii
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Binomial name | |
Opuntia pottsii | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Opuntia pottsii Salm-Dyck", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-10-18
- ^ "Opuntia pottsii Salm-Dyck", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-10-18