Hybrid profile

Cylindropuntia × congesta

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Cylindropuntia × congesta (Griffiths) F.M.Knuth

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

Natural hybridAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
Ranga: Natural hybrid
Genus list verification: 11 October 2026 [2-WWW]

Hybrid parentage record

C. acanthocarpa × C. whipplei [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]

Cylindropuntia arbuscula var. congesta (Griffiths) Backeb.
Grusonia × congesta (Griffiths) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia arbuscula var. congesta (Griffiths) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia × congesta Griffiths

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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