Austrocylindropuntia subulata

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Tephrocacteae
Genus: Austrocylindropuntia
Species:

• Austrocylindropuntia subulata (Muehlenpf.) Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1939: 12. (1939)
  

Note: The synonymy below takes into account those sources from POWO (2025) with respect to Austrocylindropuntia exaltata, as well as CACO (2021)

• Basionym
  • Pereskia subulata Muehlenpf., Allg. Gartenzeitung 13: 347. (1845)
• Homotypic
  • Opuntia subulata (Muehlenpf.) Engelm. in Gard. Chron. 1: 627. (1883)
  • Pereskiopsis subulata (Muehlenpf.) Britton & Rose, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 5: 2547. (1916)
  • Cylindropuntia subulata (Muehlenpf.) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 121. (1936) ["1935"]
• Heterotypic
  • Austrocylindropuntia exaltata (A.Berger) Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 12 (1942) synonymised by POWO (2025) not CACO (2021)
  • Austrocylindropuntia subulata subsp. exaltata (A.Berger) D.R.Hunt, Cactaceae Syst. Init. 14: 11 (2002)
  • Cylindropuntia exaltata (A.Berger) Backeb., C.Backeberg & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 120 (1936)
  • Opuntia exaltata A.Berger, Hortus Mortolensis: 410 (1912)
  • Opuntia ellemeetiana Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 337. (1858) syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
  • Opuntia ellemetiana Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 337. (1859) syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919
  • Opuntia subulata var. exaltata (A.Berger) G.D.Rowley, Repert. Pl. Succ. 23: 8 (1972 publ. 1974), without basionym date.
  • Pereskia affinis Meinsh. in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 2: 118. (1859)
  • Opuntia segethii F.Phil. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 26: 861. (1868) syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1919

• Backeb. 1939. Cactaceae. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Kakteen-Gesellschaft e. V. Berlin 1939: 12.

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1919. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 1. 236 pp. + 38 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Austrocylindropuntia subulata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Austrocylindropuntia subulata. Published online. Accessed: Jan 18 2022. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Austrocylindropuntia subulata in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Austrocylindropuntia subulata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jan 2022. Reference page.
• LLIFLE - Encyclopedia of living forms 2013-2015. Austrocylindropuntia subulata in LLIFLE. Published on internet. Accessed: 2015 Apr 21.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Austrocylindropuntia subulata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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