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Taxonomic account

Cumulopuntia pentlandii

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Cumulopuntia pentlandii (Salm-Dyck) F.Ritter

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]

  • Austrocylindropuntia boliviana (Salm-Dyck) G.D.Rowley
  • Cactus bolivianus (Salm-Dyck) Lem.
  • Cactus pentlandii (Salm-Dyck) Lem.
  • Cumulopuntia boliviana (Salm-Dyck) F.Ritter
  • Cumulopuntia famatinensis F.Ritter
  • Cumulopuntia fulvicoma (Rauh & Backeb.) E.F.Anderson
  • Cumulopuntia galerasensis F.Ritter
  • Cumulopuntia minor (Backeb.) Batov
  • Cumulopuntia pampana F.Ritter
  • Cumulopuntia pentlandii var. colchana (Cárdenas) F.Ritter
  • Cumulopuntia pentlandii var. fuauxiana (Backeb.) Batov
  • Cumulopuntia pyrrhacantha (K.Schum.) F.Ritter
  • Maihueniopsis boliviana (Salm-Dyck) R.Kiesling
  • Maihueniopsis pentlandii (Salm-Dyck) R.Kiesling
  • Opuntia asplundii (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
  • Opuntia backebergii G.D.Rowley
  • Opuntia boliviana Salm-Dyck
  • Opuntia chichensis var. colchana (Cárdenas) G.D.Rowley
  • Opuntia cucumiformis Griffiths
  • Opuntia fulvicoma (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
  • Opuntia galerasensis (F.Ritter) D.R.Hunt
  • Opuntia pentlandii Salm-Dyck
  • Opuntia pentlandii var. fuauxiana (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
  • Opuntia pyrrhacantha K.Schum.
  • Opuntia pyrrhacantha var. leucolutea (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
  • Opuntia rarissima (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
  • Opuntia rossiana var. fuauxiana (Backeb.) Kiessling
  • Opuntia subinermis Backeb.
  • Opuntia wilkeana (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
  • Tephrocactus albiscoparius Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus asplundii Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus bolivianus (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus catacanthus Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus chichensis var. colchanus Cárdenas
  • Tephrocactus curvispinus Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus flexispinus Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus fulvicomus Rauh & Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus melanacanthus Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus microclados Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus minor Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus pentlandii (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus pentlandii var. adpressus Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus pentlandii var. fuauxianus Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus pyrrhacanthus (K.Schum.) Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus pyrrhacanthus var. leucoluteus Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus rarissimus Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus subinermis (Backeb.) Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus virgultus Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus wilkeanus Backeb.

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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