Opuntia elata Link & Otto ex Salm-Dyck legitimate | sensu Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census
Opuntia bonaerensis Speg. legitimate Opuntia cardiosperma K.Schum. legitimate
Opuntia paraguayensis K.Schum. auct. non K.Schum.: Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Cactaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 69, Fig. 14C, Map 89 Opuntia paraguayensis K.Schum. auct. non K.Schum.: Swinbourne, R.F.G. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Cactaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 335 Opuntia paraguayensis K.Schum. auct. non K.Schum.: Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Cactaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 204 Opuntia paraguayensis K.Schum. auct. non K.Schum.: Stajsic, V. & Carr, G.W. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Cactaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 126, Fig. 25z-bb
  • SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised)