| Name | Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata (Griffiths) L. D. Benson & Walk. |
| Authorship | (Griffiths) L. D. Benson & Walk. |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Opuntia phaeacantha Engelmann |
| Citation | 1965 Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52(3): 265 |
| Holdings | 32 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata (Griffiths) L. D. Benson & Walk. |
| Identification made in | [no date] (32) |