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Opuntia tortispina is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to the central United States (Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming).[1] It was first described in 1856.[2]

Opuntia tortispina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Genus:	Opuntia
Species:	O. tortispina
Binomial name
Opuntia tortispina Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow[1]
Synonyms[1]
Opuntia cymochila Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow Opuntia mackensenii var. minor (M.S.Anthony) A.M.Powell & Weedin Opuntia macrocentra var. minor M.S.Anthony Opuntia mesacantha var. cymochila (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult. Opuntia sanguinocula Griffiths Opuntia tortispina var. cymochila (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Backeb.

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