Opuntia austrina Small
date: label: Collection Date
content: 28 Oct 1903 to 28 Nov 1903
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: 78 - Southeastern U.S.A.
label: Collector
content: John K. Small
label: Collector
content: Joel J. Carter
label: Microhabitat Description
content: In pinelands
notes: label: Notes
content: Annotated by L.C. Majure (2014) as "lectotype" of Opuntia austrina Small, following L.D. Benson (1969), but according to original collection label, specimen was collected Oct.-Nov. 1903, whereas name was published in July 1903; this cannot be original material. To be regarded as correctable error to neotype (K. Gandhi, email comm. Nov. 2014)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Dade, Florida, 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 austrina Small
label: Published Name
content: Opuntia humifusa var. austrina (Small) Dress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
identifier: label: Barcode
content: 00292755
label: USNM Number
content: 1739032
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Benson, L. D. 1969. Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles). 41 : 125.
label: Type Citation
content: Small, J. K. 1903.
label: Type Status
content: Neotype
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Dicotyledonae Caryophyllales Cactaceae Opuntioideae