Backeberg, C. (1958), Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde 1: 204 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Opuntia mamillata A.Schott ex Engelm. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia mamillata A.Schott ex Engelm. legitimate

• APC Comment: All collections of this taxon in Australia are of the distorted (cristate) form known as the Boxing Glove Cactus, and are also known as C. fulgida f. monstruosa P.V.Heath.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), SA (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: 38-39, 60-61 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia mamillata A.Schott ex Engelm. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia fulgida var. mamillata (A.Schott ex Engelm.) J.M.Coult. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cylindropuntia fulgida f. monstruosa P.V.Heath legitimate misapplication: Opuntia pachypus K.Schum. legitimate by Swinbourne, R.F.G. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Cactaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 335 common name: coral cactus [n/a] common name: boxing glove cholla [n/a]

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

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