| Name | Opuntia prolifera Engelmann |
| Authorship | Engelmann |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Opuntia |
| Citation | 1852 (Nov 1852) Amer. J. Sci. Arts 14(42): 338 |
| Holdings | 5 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Opuntia prolifera Engelmann |
| Identification made in | [no date] (5) |