Grusonia parishii(Orcutt) Pinkava

matted cholla

WFO wfo-0000710646 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Grusonia parishii, photographed by Bobby McCabe
fig. a Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205592120
Grusonia parishii, photographed by Bobby McCabe
fig. b Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184772436
Grusonia parishii, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. c Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 181715851
Grusonia parishii, photographed by velodrome
fig. d velodrome, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165506334
Grusonia parishii, photographed by Andy Kleinhesselink
fig. e Andy Kleinhesselink, CC0 1.0 / obs. 119197848
Grusonia parishii, photographed by Mike Duran
fig. f Mike Duran, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127711450
Grusonia parishii, photographed by Dominic Gentilcore
fig. g Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110564086
Grusonia parishii, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. h Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76810013

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Grusonia parishii is native: Arizona, California, Nevada ArizonaCaliforniaNevada
Native distribution of Grusonia parishii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
California CAL
Nevada NEV

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Corynopuntia parishii (Orcutt) F.M.Knuth
  • Corynopuntia parishiorum (Orcutt) F.M.Knuth
  • Corynopuntia stanlyi var. parishii (Orcutt) Backeb.
  • Grusonia parishiorum (Orcutt ex Britton & Rose) Pinkava
  • Opuntia parishii Orcutt
  • Opuntia parishiorum Orcutt ex Britton & Rose
  • Opuntia parryi Englem. & Bigelow
  • Opuntia stanlyi var. parishii (Orcutt) L.D.Benson
  • Opuntia stanlyi var. parishiorum (Orcutt ex Britton & Rose) L.D.Benson

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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