Taxonomic account

Maihueniopsis darwinii

Maihueniopsis darwinii (Hensl.) F.Ritter

Name accepted in Plants of the World Online. [2-WWW]

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Maihueniopsis
Ranga: Species
Genus list verification: 11 October 2026 [2-WWW]

Names in the literature

Synonyms and spelling variants linked to the accepted name in WCVP 16, including updates to the genus list. [27-WWW] [2-WWW]

Opuntia darwinii Hensl.
Opuntia platyacantha f. deflexispina (Salm-Dyck) Schelle
Opuntia platyacantha var. angustispina (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia platyacantha var. deflexispina Salm-Dyck
Opuntia platyacantha var. monvillei Salm-Dyck
Opuntia platyacantha var. neoplatyacantha (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Tephrocactus darwinii (Hensl.) Backeb.
Tephrocactus platyacanthus var. angustispinus Backeb.
Tephrocactus platyacanthus var. deflexispinus (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.
Tephrocactus platyacanthus var. monvillei (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.
Tephrocactus platyacanthus var. neoplatyacanthus Backeb.
Tephrocactus polyacanthus Lem. ex C.F.Först.

Nomenclatural basis

The genus's species list was checked in POWO on 11 October 2026. Authorship and links between older names were compared with WCVP 16, a snapshot from 4 June 2026. [27-WWW] [2-WWW] [2-WWW]

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