Taxonomic account

Cumulopuntia dactylifera

Cumulopuntia dactylifera (Vaupel) E.F.Anderson

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cumulopuntia
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]

Cumulopuntia boliviana subsp. dactylifera (Vaupel) D.R.Hunt
Cumulopuntia pentlandii var. dactylifera (Vaupel) F.Ritter
Opuntia cylindrarticulata (Cárdenas) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia dactylifera Vaupel
Opuntia duvalioides (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia duvalioides var. albispina (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia noodtiae (Backeb. & H.Jacobsen) G.D.Rowley
Tephrocactus cylindrarticulatus Cárdenas
Tephrocactus dactylifer (Vaupel) Backeb.
Tephrocactus duvalioides Backeb.
Tephrocactus duvalioides var. albispinus Backeb.
Tephrocactus noodtiae Backeb. & H.Jacobsen

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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