Taxonomic account

Austrocylindropuntia lagopus

Austrocylindropuntia lagopus (K.Schum.) I.Crook, J.Arnold & M.Lowry

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Austrocylindropuntia
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]

Andinopuntia lagopus (K.Schum.) Guiggi
Andinopuntia lagopus subsp. septentrionalis Guiggi
Austrocylindropuntia lagopus subsp. malyanus (Rausch) Ostolaza
Austrocylindropuntia malyana (Rausch) F.Ritter
Opuntia lagopus K.Schum.
Opuntia lagopus subvar. brachycarpa (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia lagopus var. aurea (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia lagopus var. leucolagopus (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia lagopus var. pachyclada (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Punotia lagopus (K.Schum.) D.R.Hunt
Tephrocactus lagopus (K.Schum.) Backeb.
Tephrocactus lagopus subvar. brachycarpus Rauh & Backeb.
Tephrocactus lagopus var. aureus Rauh & Backeb.
Tephrocactus lagopus var. leucolagopus Rauh & Backeb.
Tephrocactus lagopus var. pachycladus Rauh & Backeb.
Tephrocactus malyanus Rausch

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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