Opuntia pottsii

Opuntia pottsii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
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 macrorhiza subsp. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) U.Guzmán & Mandujano ; Opuntia macrorhiza var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D.Benson ; Opuntia pottsii var. montana (Engelm.) Bulot ; Opuntia rafinesquei var. montana Engelm. ; Opuntia setispina Engelm. ex Salm-Dyck ; Opuntia tenuispina Engelm. ;

Opuntia pottsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to southeastern Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas in the United States and to northeast Mexico.^[2] It was first described by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck in 1850.^[3]

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