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Opuntia megasperma

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Internal ID UUID64405ac31761c254532603
Scientific name Opuntia megasperma
Authority J.T.Howell
First published in in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 21: 46. 1933.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Opuntia galapageia subsp. megasperma (J.T.Howell) Guiggi in Cactology 5 (Suppl. 8): 11. 2020.

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Opuntia megasperma var. megasperma
Opuntia megasperma var. mesophytica Lundh in Madroño 20: 254. 1970.
Opuntia megasperma var. orientalis (J.T.Howell) D.M.Porter in Madroño 25: 58. 1978.

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World Flora Online wfo-0001289401
Tropicos 5107366
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:175300-2
The Plant List tro-5107366
Open Tree Of Life 873186
NCBI Taxonomy 1001117
IPNI 175300-2
iNaturalist 207728
GBIF 7284399
Freebase /m/02xb_3v
EOL 5178076
USDA GRIN 25855
Wikipedia Opuntia_megasperma

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Morphological ghosts of introgression in Darwin’s finch populations Grant PR, Grant BR Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 30-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8346875
doi:10.1073/pnas.2107434118
PMID:34330836
Urban living influences the nesting success of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands Harvey JA, Chernicky K, Simons SR, Verrett TB, Chaves JA, Knutie SA Ecol Evol 16-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8131787
doi:10.1002/ece3.7360
PMID:34025990
Pollen Resources Used by Two Species of Stingless Bees (Meliponini) in a Tropical Dry Forest of Southern Ecuador Gaona FP, Guerrero A, Gusmán E, Espinosa CI J Insect Sci 18-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6920062
doi:10.1093/jisesa/iez125
PMID:31853551
Effectiveness of water-saving technologies during early stages of restoration of endemic Opuntia cacti in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Tapia PI, Negoita L, Gibbs JP, Jaramillo P PeerJ 03-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6896940
doi:10.7717/peerj.8156
PMID:31824769
Demographic Outcomes and Ecosystem Implications of Giant Tortoise Reintroduction to Española Island, Galapagos Gibbs JP, Hunter EA, Shoemaker KT, Tapia WH, Cayot LJ PLoS One 28-Oct-2014
PMCID:PMC4211691
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110742
PMID:25350744

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