ID illustration:	71761	ID basionym cited:	719850
ID publication:	245	ID species cited:	719850
ID volume:	1507	ID basionym recognized:	719850
ID genus cited:	1677	ID species recognized:	1139450
ID genus recognized:	69399

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Bigelow, J.M., Plates to the Cactaceae of Whipple’s expedition (1856)
Expl. Railroad Mississippi Pacific

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(1856)

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t. 18

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name recognized:
1139450 Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth

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name recognized (basionym):
719850 Opuntia acanthocarpa Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow

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name cited:
719850 Opuntia acanthocarpa Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow

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family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Opuntioideae

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epithet:
acanthocarpus,-a,-um

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Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.

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link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=71761

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synonyms:

homotypic synonyms:
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa subsp. major (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) U.Guzmán; Grusonia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) G.D.Rowley; Opuntia acanthocarpa Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow;
heterotypic synonyms:
Opuntia thornberi Thornber & Bonker;