Cylindropuntia × tetracantha

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Cylindropuntieae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
Nothospecies: Cylindropuntia × tetracantha
Name

Cylindropuntia × tetracantha (Toumey) F.M.Knuth in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC 124, 422. 1936.
Formula hybridae: Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth × Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M.Knuth

Synonyms

Basionym
Opuntia × tetracantha Toumey, Gard. & Forest 9: 432. 1896.

Homotypic
Grusonia × tetracantha (Toumey) G.D.Rowley, Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 45. 2006.
Opuntia kleiniae var. tetracantha (Toumey) W.T.Marshall, Des. Bot. Gard. Ariz. Sci. Bull. 1: 17. 1950.

References

eFloras 2008. Cylindropuntia × tetracantha in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Knuth, F.M. in Backeberg, C. & Knuth, F.M. (1935) Kaktus-ABC 124, 422.
The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet. 2009 Dec 10 [1].

Vernacular names