Miller, P. (28 January 1754), The Gardeners Dictionary abridged Edn. 4, 2: - [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 222 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 571 [secondary reference]

• Type: Cactus opuntia L.

Maiden, J.H. (1915), The Prickly Pears of Interest to Australians. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 489-493 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 344 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Name of some unknown plant mentioned by Pliny"

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 200 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963), Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory: 80 [secondary reference]

common name: Tiger Pear [n/a] common name: Prickly Pear [n/a]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 137 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 94 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Cactaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 141-142, 144 [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Pears [n/a]

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Cactaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 65-75 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Nopalea Salm-Dyck legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Austrocylindropuntia Backeb. legitimate

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Cactaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 80 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Cactaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 201-204 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 52, 124 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Austrocylindropuntia Backeb. legitimate

Barthlott, W. & Hunt, D.R. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Cactaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 172 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Austrocylindropuntia Backeb. legitimate

Stajsic, V. & Carr, G.W. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Cactaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 120-121 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Cactaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 201 [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly pears [n/a]

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

pro parte nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia subg. Cylindropuntia Engelm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nopalea Salm-Dyck legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Austrocylindropuntia Backeb. legitimate

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

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 605 [secondary reference]

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