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Cumulopuntia sphaerica (C.F.Först.) E.F.Anderson

This species name was first published in in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 71(6): 324. 1999.

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-0000629323.

Synonyms of Cumulopuntia sphaerica (C.F.Först.) E.F.Anderson

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Opuntia leonina F.Haage & M.Schmidt ex Rümpler Handb. Cacteenk.: 974. 1885. wfo-0000385632
Opuntia muelleriana (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 6. 1958. wfo-0000386542
Opuntia dimorpha C.F.Först. in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 167. 1861. wfo-0000386545
Tephrocactus rauppianus (K.Schum.) Backeb. Kaktus-ABC: 109. 1936. wfo-0000407682
Tephrocactus pseudorauppianus Backeb. Kaktus-ABC: 410. 1936. wfo-0000407684
Tephrocactus muellerianus Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 8. 1957. wfo-0000407686
Tephrocactus unguispinus (Backeb.) Backeb. in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 23: 15. 1951. wfo-0000410909
Austrocylindropuntia sphaerica (C.F.Först.) G.D.Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 42. 2006. wfo-0000508515
Cumulopuntia alboareolata (F.Ritter) F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1249. 1981. wfo-0000629290
Cumulopuntia crassicylindrica (Rauh & Backeb.) F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1254. 1981. wfo-0000629298
Cumulopuntia crassicylindrica (Rauh & Backeb.) F.Ritter ex Eggli in Novon 15: 277. 2005. wfo-0000629299
Cumulopuntia kuehnrichiana (Werderm. & Backeb.) F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1253. 1981. wfo-0000629310
Cumulopuntia multiareolata (F.Ritter) F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1252. 1981. wfo-0000629312
Cumulopuntia rauppiana (K.Schum.) F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1252. 1981. wfo-0000629320
Cumulopuntia tubercularis F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 3: 888. 1980. wfo-0000629328
Cumulopuntia tubercularis var. transiens F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 3: 888. 1980. wfo-0000629329
Cumulopuntia tumida F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1254. 1981. wfo-0000629330
Cumulopuntia unguispina F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1251. 1981. wfo-0000629331
Opuntia tumida (F.Ritter) D.R.Hunt in Cactaceae Consensus Init. 4: 6. 1997. wfo-0001252377
Tephrocactus dimorphus (C.F.Först.) Backeb. Stachlige Wildnis: 190. 1942. wfo-0001287300
Tephrocactus leoninus (F.Haage & E.Schmidt ex Rümpler) Backeb. Cactaceae 6: 3596. 1962. wfo-0001287305
Opuntia sphaerica C.F.Först. in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 167. 1861. wfo-0001287434
Opuntia campestris Britton & Rose Cactaceae 1: 99, f. 120. 1919. wfo-0001287455
Tephrocactus kuehnirichianus (Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb. Kaktus-ABC: 106. 1936. wfo-0001287491
Tephrocactus sphaericus (C.F.Först.) Backeb. Kaktus-ABC: 111. 1936. wfo-0001287492
Tephrocactus mirus Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 199. 1958. wfo-0001287493
Tephrocactus crassicylindricus Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 200. 1958. wfo-0001287494
Tephrocactus alboareolatus F.Ritter in: Backeberg, C., Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 14. 1963. wfo-0001287768
Opuntia kuehnrichiana Werderm. & Backeb. Neue Kakteen: 64. 1931. wfo-0001287769
Opuntia crassicylindrica (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13(1): 5. 1958. wfo-0001287974
Opuntia mira (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13(1): 5. 1958. wfo-0001287986
Opuntia rauppiana K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 9: 118. 1899. wfo-0001288010
Opuntia unguispina Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1937(7): 7, genus 10, subg. V, sp. 7. 1937. wfo-0001288011
Tephrocactus multiareolatus F.Ritter in Taxon 13(4): 144–145. 1964. wfo-0001289161
Tephrocactus sphaericus var. rauppianus (K.Schum.) Backeb. Cactaceae 1: 298. 1958. wfo-0001289212
Opuntia sphaerica var. rauppiana (K.Schum.) G.D.Rowley in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13(2): 25. 1958. wfo-0001289213
Opuntia sphaerica var. unguispina (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13(2): 25. 1958. wfo-0001289214
Tephrocactus sphaericus var. unguispinus (Backeb.) Backeb. Cactaceae 1: 297. 1958. wfo-0001289215
Tephrocactus campestris (Britton & Rose) Backeb. Kaktus-ABC: 111. 1936. wfo-0001289217
Opuntia dimorpha var. pseudorauppiana (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 25. 1958. wfo-0001433129
Opuntia kuehnrichiana var. applanata Werderm. & Backeb. Neue Kakteen: 64. 1931. wfo-0001433222
Opuntia staffordiae Bullock in Cact. J. (London) 8: 15. 1939. wfo-0001433350
Sphaeropuntia sphaerica (C.F.Först.) Guiggi in Cactology 3 (Suppl. II): 1. 2012. wfo-0001434145
Sphaeropuntia sphaerica subsp. crassicylindrica (Rauh & Backeb.) Guiggi in Cactology 5 (Suppl. II): 2. 2016. wfo-0001434146
Sphaeropuntia sphaerica subsp. tumida (F.Ritter) Guiggi in Cactology 5 (Suppl. II): 2. 2016. wfo-0001434148
Tephrocactus dimorphus var. pseudorauppianus (Backeb.) Backeb. Cactaceae 1: 301. 1958. wfo-0001434332
Tephrocactus kuehnrichianus (Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb. Kaktus-ABC: 110. 1936. wfo-0001434345
Tephrocactus kuehnrichianus var. applanatus (Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb. Kaktus-ABC: 111. 1936. wfo-0001434346
Tephrocactus sphaericus var. glaucinus Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 15. 1963. wfo-0001434368
Tephrocactus staffordiae (Bullock) Backeb. in Cactus (Paris) 38: 250. 1953. wfo-0001434369