Taxonomic account

Cylindropuntia tunicata

Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) 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]

Cactus tunicatus Lehm.
Cylindropuntia tunicata var. aricensis F.Ritter
Cylindropuntia tunicata var. chilensis F.Ritter
Grusonia tunicata (Lehm.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia exuviata DC.
Opuntia exuviata var. angustior DC.
Opuntia exuviata var. spinosior DC.
Opuntia exuviata var. viridior Salm-Dyck
Opuntia furiosa H.L.Wendl.
Opuntia puelchana A.Cast.
Opuntia stapeliae DC.
Opuntia tunicata (Lehm.) Pfeiff.
Opuntia tunicata var. chilensis (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm.
Opuntia tunicata var. laevior Salm-Dyck

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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