Cylindropuntia spinosior

Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Magnoliophyta
Classis: Magnoliopsida
Ordo: Caryophyllales
Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Cylindropuntieae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
Species: Cylindropuntia spinosior

Name

Cylindropuntia spinosior (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC (C.Backeberg & F.M.Knuth) 126. 1935.

Synonyms

Basionym

* Opuntia whipplei var. spinosior Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 307. 1856.

Homotypic

* Grusonia spinosior (Engelm.) G.D.Rowley, Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 45. 2006.
* Opuntia spinosior (Engelm.) Toumey, Bot. Gaz. 25: 119. 1898.

Heterotypic

* Opuntia spinosior var. neomexicana Toumey, Bot. Gaz. 25: 119. 1898.

Hybrids

* Cylindropuntia ×kelvinensis (Grant & Grant) P.V.Heath
* Cylindropuntia ×neoarbuscula (Griffiths) F.M.Knuth

References

* The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet. 2009 Dec 10 [1].
* Flora of North America (2008). 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Dec 10 [2].

Vernacular names
English: Walkingstick cactus