Austrocylindropuntia exaltata (A.Berger) Backeb.

First published in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 12 (1942)
This name is a synonym of Austrocylindropuntia subulata

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Anceschi, G. & Magli, A. (2021). Cactusinhabitat Booklet South America 2013/2021: 1-134. http://www.cactusinhabitat.org. [Cited as Austrocylindropuntia subulata.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Austrocylindropuntia subulata subsp. exaltata.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Vázquez Pardo, F.M. & García Alonso, D. (2017). Aproximación al conocimiento del grupo Opuntia Mill. (s.l.) (Cactaceae) en Extremadura (España). Folia Botanica Extremadurensis 11: 51-75. [Cited as Austrocylindropuntia exaltata.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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