WFO logo

Snapshots of the taxonomy

WFO Logo

As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

species

Pterocactus tuberosus (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose

This species name was first published in Cactaceae 1: 32. 1919.

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-0001257523.

Synonyms of Pterocactus tuberosus (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia kuntzei (K.Schum.) Kiessling Tephrocactus u. and. Feigenkakt.: 156. 2000. wfo-0000385819
Pterocactus decipiens Gürke in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 147. 1907. wfo-0000397952
Pterocactus kurtzei K.Schum. Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1: 259. 1897. wfo-0000398042
Pterocactus kuntzei K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 7: 6. 1897. wfo-0000398053
Pterocactus kuntzei f. lelongii Ruiz Leal ex R.Kiesling in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 44: 56. 1982. wfo-0001039440
Pterocactus tuberosus f. lelongii (Ruiz Leal ex R.Kiesling) R.Kiesling in Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74: 1246. 1999. wfo-0001039441
Opuntia tuberosa Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 146. 1837. wfo-0001257524
Opuntia skottsbergii Britton & Rose Cactaceae 1: 96–97, f. 114. 1919. wfo-0001289356
Pterocactus skottsbergii (Britton & Rose) Backeb. in Desert Pl. Life 22: 17. 1950. wfo-0001289357
Opuntia tuberosa var. spinosa Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 146. 1837. wfo-0001433369