| Name | Opuntia polyacantha Haworth |
| Authorship | Haworth |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Opuntia |
| Contains | Opuntia polyacantha var. arenaria (Engelmann) Parfitt Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea (Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow) B. D. Parfitt Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina (Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow) B. D. Parfitt Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha Opuntia polyacantha var. trichophora (Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow) J. M. Coulter Opuntia polyacantha var. watsonii Coulter |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136926-1 |
| Holdings | 34 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Opuntia polyacantha Haworth |
| Identification made in | [no date] (32), 1991 (1), 2009 (1) |