Group: Dicot Rank: subspecies Herbarium Placement: Monsanto, 2nd, B, 210     

Published In: Aliso 4(1): 94. 1958. (Aliso)

Basionym:

Opuntia whitneyana E.M. Baxter  Calif. Cactus 37. 1935. (Calif. Cactus)

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Bryophyte Herbarium Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Moss Flora of China System Vascular Herbarium

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Caryophyllanae Takht.
• order:  Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  Cactaceae Juss.
• genus:  Opuntia Mill.
• species:  Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow

Conservation Status:

• CITES Appendix II - Trade controlled to avoid use incompatable with species survival - Global
  • Reference UNEP WCMC 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339.
  • Conservation System UNEP WCMC 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339.

Other combinations for  Opuntia whitneyana E.M. Baxter:

Opuntia basilaris var. whitneyana (E.M. Baxter) W.T. Marshall & T.M. Bock Cactaceae 65. 1941. (Cactaceae)