Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Cylindropuntia leptocaulis

Cactaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Caryophyllanae(superordo)
Caryophyllales(ordo)
Cactaceae(fam.)
Cylindropuntia(gen.)
leptocaulis(sp.)

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M.Knuth

, legitimate

, scientific

Backeberg, C. & Knuth, F.M. (1936), Kaktus-ABC, en Haandbog for Fagfolk og Amatorer

:

122

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Opuntia leptocaulis DC.

legitimate

Hosking, J.R., Conn, B.J. & Lepschi, B.J. (2003), Plant species first recognised as naturalised for New South Wales over the period 2000-2001.

:

180

[secondary reference]

common name:

Pencil Cactus

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Opuntia leptocaulis DC.

legitimate

APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised)

Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement

:

48, 256

[secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. (2015), Feral opuntioid cacti in Australia Part 1. Cylindrical -stemmed genera: Austrocylindropuntia, Cylindropuntia and Corynopuntia.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement

:

30-31, 55

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Opuntia leptocaulis DC.

legitimate

common name:

Pencil cactus

[n/a]

Chinnock, R.J. (2015), Feral opuntioid cacti in Australia Part 1. Cylindrical -stemmed genera: Austrocylindropuntia, Cylindropuntia and Corynopuntia.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement

:

52

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Cylindropuntia kleiniae (DC.) F.M.Knuth legitimate by

Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement

1

: 48, 256

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Cylindropuntia kleiniae (DC.) F.M.Knuth legitimate by

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census

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