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Opuntia pottsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Arizona, New Mexico and Texas in the United States and to northeast Mexico.[1] It was first described by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck in 1850.[2]

Opuntia pottsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Genus:	Opuntia
Species:	O. pottsii
Binomial name
Opuntia pottsii Salm-Dyck[1]
Synonyms[1]
Opuntia ballii Rose Opuntia delicata Rose Opuntia filipendula Engelm. Opuntia macrorhiza subsp. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) U.Guzmán & Mandujano Opuntia macrorhiza var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D.Benson Opuntia tenuispina Engelm.

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