Cumulopuntia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Tephrocacteae
Genus: Cumulopuntia
Species: C. berteroi – C. boliviana – C. chichensis – C. corotilla – C. dimorpha – C. glomerota – C. ignota – C. iturbicola – C. leucophaea – C. mollispina – C. rossiana – C. sphaerica – C. subterranea – C. unguispina – C. zehnderi

Cumulopuntia F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 2: 399. (1980)

Heterotypic
- Sphaeropuntia Guiggi, Cactology 3(Suppl. II): 1. (2012)
  - Type: Sphaeropuntia sphaerica (C.F.Först.) Guiggi (2012)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Chile North, Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page.
Pauca-Tanco, G.A. & Quipuscoa, V. 2020. The genus Cumulopuntia (Cactaceae, Opuntioideae) in the Department of Arequipa, Peru. Darwiniana New Series, 8 (1): 337–371. DOI: 10.14522/darwiniana.2020.81.853 Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cumulopuntia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cumulopuntia. Published online. Accessed: Jan 18 2022. Reference page.
Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Cumulopuntia in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Cumulopuntia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jan 2022. Reference page.