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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Accepted
Opuntia anacantha var. retrorsa
Candollea 53: 475. 1998
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Opuntia anacantha var. retrorsa
Author
(Speg.) R.Kiesling
Chinese genus
仙人掌属
Chinese name
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