Species of plant
| Opuntia pottsii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Eudicots
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| Order:
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Caryophyllales
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| Family:
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Cactaceae
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| Genus:
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Opuntia
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| Species:
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O. pottsii
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| Binomial name
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Opuntia pottsii
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| Synonyms[1]
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- Opuntia ballii Rose
- Opuntia delicata Rose
- Opuntia filipendula Engelm.
- Opuntia loomisii Peebles
- ?Opuntia macrorhiza var. potosina R.E.M.Hern.
- Opuntia macrorhiza subsp. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) U.Guzmán & Mandujano
- Opuntia macrorhiza var. pottsii (Salm-Dyck) L.D.Benson
- Opuntia plumbea Rose
- Opuntia pottsii var. montana (Engelm. & Bigelow) Bulot
- Opuntia rafinesquei ssp. cymochila var. montana Engelm. & Bigelow
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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]
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