Miller, P. (1768), The Gardeners Dictionary Edn. 8: no. 4 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Anderson, R.H. (8 August 1939), The naturalised flora of New South Wales (excluding Gramineae). Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(1): 26 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Cactaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 145 [secondary reference]

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Cactaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 70, Map 88 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 15 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Cactaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 203 [secondary reference]

Halford, D.A. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (1994), Cactaceae. Queensland Vascular Plants: Names and Distribution: 55 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 24 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Cactaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 203 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Opuntia bergeriana F.A.C.Weber ex A.Berger legitimate

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

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