Taxonomic account

Cylindropuntia kleiniae

Cylindropuntia kleiniae (DC.) F.M.Knuth

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
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]

Cylindropuntia caerulescens (Griffiths) F.M.Knuth
Cylindropuntia recondita (Griffiths) F.M.Knuth
Grusonia kleiniae (DC.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia caerulescens Griffiths
Opuntia kleiniae DC.
Opuntia kleiniae var. gilensis M.A.Fisch.
Opuntia kleiniae var. laetevirens Salm-Dyck
Opuntia recondita Griffiths
Opuntia wrightii Engelm.

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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