| Name | Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha |
| Authorship | |
| Rank | Variety |
| NomenclaturalStatus | Unknown |
| Placed in | Opuntia polyacantha Haworth |
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1), 1991 (1), 2020 (1) |