Taxonomic account

Grusonia kunzei

Grusonia kunzei (Rose) Pinkava

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Grusonia
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]

Corynopuntia kunzei (Rose) M.P.Griff.
Corynopuntia stanlyi var. kunzei (Rose) Backeb.
Corynopuntia stanlyi var. wrightiana (E.M.Baxter) Backeb.
Corynopuntia wrightiana (E.M.Baxter) Lodé
Grusonia wrightiana (E.M.Baxter) E.M.Baxter
Opuntia kunzei Rose
Opuntia kunzei var. wrightiana (E.M.Baxter) Peebles
Opuntia stanlyi var. kunzei (Rose) L.D.Benson
Opuntia stanlyi var. wrightiana (E.M.Baxter) L.D.Benson
Opuntia wrightiana E.M.Baxter

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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