Toumey, J.W. (1898), Botanical Gazette 25: 119 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Opuntia whipplei var. spinosior Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow 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: 63 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cylindropuntia spinosior (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth legitimate

Baker, M.A., Cloud-Hughes, M.A., Rebman, J.P. & Majure, L.C. (2019), Nomenclatural changes in Cylindropuntia (Cactaceae). Madroño; Journal of the California Botanical Society 66(3): 93 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cylindropuntia imbricata subsp. spinosior (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) M.A.Baker, Cloud-H. & Majure legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cylindropuntia spinosior (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth legitimate

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