Backeberg, C. & Knuth, F.M. (1936), Kaktus-ABC, en Haandbog for Fagfolk og Amatorer: 126 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Opuntia prolifera Engelm. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia prolifera Engelm. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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: 40-41, 62 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia prolifera Engelm. legitimate common name: Coastal cholla [n/a] common name: jumping cholla [n/a]

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 3 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2018), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2017 to 2018. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2018: 8 [secondary reference]

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