Taxonomic account

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (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 brittonii (J.G.Ortega) Backeb.
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis f. longispina (Engelm.) Guiggi
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis var. glauca Backeb.
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis var. longispina (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth
Cylindropuntia mortolensis (Britton & Rose) F.M.Knuth
Grusonia leptocaulis (DC.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia brittonii J.G.Ortega
Opuntia fragilis var. frutescens Engelm. & A.Gray
Opuntia frutescens Engelm.
Opuntia frutescens var. brevispina Engelm.
Opuntia frutescens var. longispina Engelm.
Opuntia gracilis Pfeiff.
Opuntia gracilis var. subpatens Salm-Dyck
Opuntia leptocaulis DC.
Opuntia leptocaulis f. brevispina (Engelm.) Schelle
Opuntia leptocaulis f. longispina (Engelm.) Schelle
Opuntia leptocaulis f. vaginata (Engelm.) Schelle
Opuntia leptocaulis var. badia A.Berger
Opuntia leptocaulis var. brevispina (Engelm.) S.Watson
Opuntia leptocaulis var. brittonii (J.G.Ortega) Bravo
Opuntia leptocaulis var. longispina (Engelm.) A.Berger
Opuntia leptocaulis var. pluriseta A.Berger
Opuntia leptocaulis var. robustior A.Berger
Opuntia leptocaulis var. vaginata (Engelm.) S.Watson
Opuntia mortolensis Britton & Rose
Opuntia ramulifera Salm-Dyck
Opuntia stipata K.Schum.
Opuntia vaginata Engelm.
Opuntia virgata Pfeiff.

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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