Taxonomic account

Austrocylindropuntia vestita

Austrocylindropuntia vestita (Salm-Dyck) 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 chuquisacana (Cárdenas) F.Ritter
Austrocylindropuntia heteromorpha (Phil.) Batov
Austrocylindropuntia vestita var. chuquisacana (Cárdenas) Backeb.
Austrocylindropuntia vestita var. intermedia Backeb.
Austrocylindropuntia vestita var. maior Backeb.
Cylindropuntia teres (Cels ex F.A.C.Weber) Backeb.
Cylindropuntia vestita (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.
Opuntia chuquisacana Cárdenas
Opuntia heteromorpha Phil.
Opuntia involuta Otto ex C.F.Först.
Opuntia teres Cels ex F.A.C.Weber
Opuntia vestita Salm-Dyck
Opuntia vestita f. intermedia (Backeb.) Krainz
Opuntia vestita f. maior (Backeb.) Krainz
Opuntia vestita var. chuquisacana (Cárdenas) G.D.Rowley
Pseudotephrocactus vestitus (Salm-Dyck) Frič & Schelle
Tephrocactus heteromorphus (Phil.) Backeb.
Trichopuntia vestita (Salm-Dyck) 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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