Engelmann, G. & Bigelow, J.M. (1856), Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. War Department. Route near the thirty-fifth parallel, explored by Lieutenant A.W. Whipple, topographical engineer, in 1853 and 1854. Report on the Botany of the Expedition: Description of the Cactaceae. Pacific Railroad Report 4(5, 3): 50 [tax. nov.]

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

basionym of: Cylindropuntia fulgida (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cylindropuntia fulgida (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth legitimate

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