Haworth, A.H. (1819), Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum: 82 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cactus ferox Willd. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 704 [secondary reference]

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

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Cactaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 69 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 704

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