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Buckhorn Cholla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Genus:	Cylindropuntia
Species:	C. acanthocarpa
Binomial name
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow
Synonyms
Opuntia acanthocarpa

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa , commonly referred to as Buckhorn Cholla, is a cactus native to California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the United States.

Subspecies and varieties

There are a number of recognized subspecies and varieties as follows:

• subsp. acanthocarpa
• var. coloradensis L.D. Benson (Colorado Buckhorn Cholla)
• var. ganderi (C.B. Wolf) L.D. Benson
• var. major Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow
• var. ramosa Peebles
• var. thornberi (Thornber & Bonker) L.D. Benson (Thornber's Buckhorn Cholla)

References

• Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database
• USDA Plants Profile: Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & Bigelow) F.M. Knuth