Cumulopuntia dactylifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

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

Cumulopuntia dactylifera (Vaupel) E.F.Anderson, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 71: 324. (1999)
Note: POWO accepts this taxon as Cumulopuntia boliviana subsp. dactylifera, but CACO (2025) retain it as a segregate species.

Basionym
- Opuntia dactylifera Vaupel in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50(2-3, Beibl. 111): 29. (1913)
Homotypic
- Tephrocactus dactyliferus (Vaupel) Backeb., Cactaceae 1: 320. (1958)
- Cumulopuntia pentlandii var. dactylifera (Vaupel) F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 2: 490. (1980)
- Cumulopuntia boliviana subsp. dactylifera (Vaupel) D.R.Hunt, Cactaceae Syst. Init. 14: 12. (2002)
- Tephrocactus dactylifer (Vaupel) Backeb., Cactaceae 1: 320. (1958)

Hunt, D. 2016. CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1–174. 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. Cumulopuntia dactylifera 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. as [[Cumulopuntia boliviana subsp. dactylifera

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International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cumulopuntia dactylifera. Published online. Accessed: Jan 18 2022. Reference page.
Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Cumulopuntia dactylifera in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Cumulopuntia dactylifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jan 2022. Reference page.