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Intermountain Herbarium (Vascular plants & algae)
(USU:UTC)
Catalog #: UTC00283576
Occurrence ID (GUID): 9de125c5-0008-4cb5-9aa9-8b57b86681cc
Taxon: Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii (L.D.Benson) B.D.Parfitt
Family: Cactaceae
Determiner: Tony Frates (24 January 2020)
ID Remarks: Var. polyacantha only marginally occurs in Utah. This is the hexaploid Opuntia nicholii (syn. O. polyacantha var. nicholii). Dean Stock concures with this identification.
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Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha Haw.
Determiner: P.C. Sokoloff
Date: 2015
Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii (L.D.Benson) B.D.Parfitt
Determiner: Tony Frates
Date: 24 January 2020
ID Remarks: Var. polyacantha only marginally occurs in Utah. This is the hexaploid Opuntia nicholii (syn. O. polyacantha var. nicholii). Dean Stock concures with this identification.
Collector: Paul C. Sokoloff
Number: 293
Date: 2014-11-23
Verbatim Date: 23 November 2014
Locality: United States, Utah, Wayne, Approz. 200m past fork on Cow Dung Road, down eastern fork, 1.9 km northeast of Mars Desert Research Station.
38.417556  -110.774917 +-50m.  WGS84
Verbatim Coordinates: 38° 25' 3.2" N 110° 46' 29.7" W
Elevation: 1381 meters (4530ft)
Habitat: Artemisia-dominated desert scrub.
Description: Common.
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Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Rights Holder: Utah State University
Record ID: 9de125c5-0008-4cb5-9aa9-8b57b86681cc
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Kristian R. Valles ( Herbarium Manager) (kristian.valles@usu.edu)
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