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: Specimen probably made from cultivated plant; without original labeling, secondarily labeled by L. Benson (1964). Annotated by Marc Baker (1986) "LECTOTYPE (until US 2607619 is found)"; also annotated (unsigned, undated; D. Arculus script) "found in bulky section in type collection". NOTE: as of Oct. 2013 USNH 2607619 has not been located; an additional element (USNH 3054199) is bulky material and 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
identifier: label: Barcode
content: 00004838
label: USNM Number
content: 3012747
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