Opuntia mesacantha Raf.
date: label: Collection Date
content: 31 May 1878
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: 78 - Southeastern U.S.A.
label: Collector
content: J. W. Chickering Jr.
notes: label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: City of Hampton, Virginia, 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 mesacantha Raf.
label: Published Name
content: Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf. var. humifusa
label: Published Name
content: Opuntia mesacantha Raf. subsp. mesacantha
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
identifier: label: Barcode
content: 00292862
label: USNM Number
content: 795901
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Majure, L. C. 2014. Phytoneuron. 2014-106 : 1.
label: Type Citation
content: Rafinesque, C. S. 1830. Bull. Bot. Seringe. 1830 : 216.
label: Type Status
content: Neotype
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Dicotyledonae Caryophyllales Cactaceae Opuntioideae