| Name | Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz |
| Authorship | (Griffiths) Munz |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Opuntia basilaris Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow |
| Holdings | 4 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2), 1991 (2) |