Opuntia deserta Griffiths
date: label: Collection Date
content: 28 Apr 1912
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: 76 - Southwestern U.S.A.
label: Collector
content: David Griffiths
notes: label: Notes
content: This specimen originally recorded as "holotype"; apparently missing since 1980's, not found in type herbarium (Oct. 2013). 2 other elements are in collection, USNH 3012747 (pressed specimen) & USNH 3054199 (bulky specimen, filed separately).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Clark, Nevada, United States, North America
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content: Botany
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content: Flowering plants and ferns
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content: Type Register
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Opuntia deserta Griffiths
label: Published Name
content: Opuntia echinocarpa Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
identifier: label: Barcode
content: 00289599
label: USNM Number
content: 2607619
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Griffiths, D. 1913. Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23 : 132.
label: Type Status
content: Type collection
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Dicotyledonae Caryophyllales Cactaceae Opuntioideae