Link, J.H.F. & Otto, C.F. in Pfeiffer, L.K.G. (1837), Enumeratio Diagnostica Cactearum hucusque Cognitarum: 170 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cactus tunicatus Lehm. legitimate

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Cactaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 67 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) F.M.Knuth legitimate

Johnson, S.B., Hosking, J.R., Chinnock, R.J. & Holtkamp, R.H. (2009), The biology of Australian weeds. 53. Cylindropuntia rosea (DC.) Backeb. and Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) K.M.Knuth. Plant Protection Quarterly 24(2): 43 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) F.M.Knuth legitimate

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 3: 58 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) F.M.Knuth legitimate

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