Opuntia pottsii

Opuntia pottsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Genus:	Opuntia
Species:	O. pottsii
Binomial name
	Opuntia pottsii; Salm-Dyck
Synonyms
	Opuntia ballii Rose ; Opuntia delicata Rose ; Opuntia filipendula Engelm. ; Opuntia loomisii Peebles ; ?Opuntia macrorhiza var. potosina R.E.M.Hern. ; Opuntia macrorhiza subsp. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) U.Guzmán & Mandujano ; Opuntia macrorhiza var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D.Benson ; Opuntia plumbea Rose ; Opuntia pottsii var. montana (Engelm. & Bigelow) Bulot ; Opuntia rafinesquei ssp. cymochila var. montana Engelm. & Bigelow ;

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]

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