Taxonomic account

Austrocylindropuntia shaferi

Austrocylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.

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]

Austrocylindropuntia humahuacana (Backeb.) Backeb.
Austrocylindropuntia shaferi var. humahuacana (Backeb.) R.Kiesling
Austrocylindropuntia steiniana Backeb.
Austrocylindropuntia vestita var. shaferi (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter
Austrocylindropuntia weingartiana (Backeb.) Backeb.
Cylindropuntia humahuacana Backeb.
Cylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
Cylindropuntia weingartiana (Backeb.) Backeb.
Opuntia humahuacana (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia ignescens var. steiniana (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia shaferi Britton & Rose
Opuntia shaferi var. humahuacana (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia steiniana (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia weingartiana Backeb.
Trichopuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Guiggi
Trichopuntia shaferi subsp. humahuacana (Backeb.) Guiggi

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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