Cylindropuntia

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: Cylindropuntieae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
Species: C. abyssi – C. acanthocarpa – C. alcahes – C. anteojoensis – C. arbuscula – C. bernardina – C. bigelovii – C. californica – C. calmalliana – C. caribaea – C. cedrosensis – C. cholla – C. chuckwallensis – C. ciribe – C. davisii – C. delgadilloana – C. echinocarpa – C. fulgida – C. ganderi – C. hystrix – C. imbricata – C. kleiniae – C. leptocaulis – C. libertadensis – C. lindsayi – C. molesta – C. multigeniculata – C. munzii – C. pallida – C. perrita – C. prolifera – C. ramosissima – C. sanfelipensis – C. santamaria – C. tesajo – C. thurberi – C. tunicata – C. waltoniorum – C. whipplei – C. wolfii
Nothospecies: C. × antoniae – C. × campii – C. × cardenche – C. × deserta – C. × fosbergii – C. × grantiorum – C. × kelvinensis – C. × media – C. × parryii – C. × viridiflora

Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth (1935)

Basionym
- Opuntia subg. Cylindropuntia Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 302. 1856.

Homotypic
- Opuntia [infragen.unranked] Cristatae Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 307. 1856.
- Opuntia [infragen.unranked] Cylindricae Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 289, 305. 1856; Syn. Cact. U. S. 33, 49. 1856.
- Opuntia [infragen.unranked] Polyacanthae Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 305. 1856.
- Grusonia subg. Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) G.D.Rowley, Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 43. 2006.
- Opuntia sect. Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) Moran ex H.E.Moore, Baileya 19(4): 166. 1975.

Heterotypic
- Opuntia [infragen.unranked] Deciduae Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 306. 1856.
  - Type species: non design.
- Opuntia [infragen.unranked] Humiliores Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 305. 1856.
  - Type species: non design.
- Opuntia [infragen.unranked] Monacanthae Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 308. 1856.
  - Type species: non design.
- Opuntia ser. Bigelovianae Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 58. 1919.
  - Type species: non design.
- Opuntia ser. Echinocarpae Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 56. 1919.
  - Type species: non design.
- Opuntia ser. Fulgidae Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 67. 1919.
  - Type species: non design.
- Opuntia ser. Imbricatae Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 60. 1919.
  - Type species: non design.
- Opuntia ser. Leptocaules Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 52. 1919.
  - Type species: non design.
- Opuntia ser. Ramosissimae Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 46. 1919.
  - Type species: non design.
- Opuntia ser. Thurberianae Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 52. 1919.
  - Type species: non design.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: America
- Arizona, California, Colombia, Colorado, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Kansas, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles
Introduced into:
- Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Botswana, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile North, Ecuador, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Namibia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Peru, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, South Australia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Victoria, Western Australia, Zimbabwe

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cylindropuntia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cylindropuntia. Published online. Accessed: Dec 30 2021. Reference page.
Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Cylindropuntia in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 30. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Cylindropuntia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Dec 2021. Reference page.