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

Published In: Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 19(3): 92-93. 1892. (Bull. Torrey Bot. Club)
Type Specimens

• ILT: S.B. & W.F. Parish 169; April 1882; USA: California (MO)

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.