| Name | Opuntia fulgida Engelmann |
| Authorship | Engelmann |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Opuntia |
| Contains | Opuntia fulgida var. mamillata (Schott ex Engelmann) J. M. Coulter |
| Citation | 1856 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 306–307 |
| Holdings | 12 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Opuntia fulgida Engelmann |
| Identification made in | [no date] (10), 1984 (2) |