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December 2023

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Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth

This species name was first published in Kaktus-ABC: 124. 1936.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000632371.

Synonyms of Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia echinocarpa Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 305-306. 1856. wfo-0000385783
Grusonia echinocarpa (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) G.D.Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 44. 2006. wfo-0000509388
Cactus echinocarpus Lem. Cactées: 88. 1868. wfo-0000577800
Cylindropuntia wigginsii (L.D.Benson) H.Rob. in Phytologia 26: 175. 1973. wfo-0000632454
Opuntia echinocarpa var. nuda J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 446–447. 1896. wfo-0001248145
Opuntia wigginsii L.D.Benson Cacti Ariz.: 19, 32, f. 1.3. 1969. wfo-0001287412