Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828), Cacteae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 471 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cereus imbricatus Haw. legitimate

Maiden, J.H. (1911), The prickly pears of interest to Australia. No. 2. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 22(8): 696 & plate [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cereus imbricatus Haw. legitimate common name: Devil's Rope [n/a]

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Cactaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 67, Fig. 14B, Map 83 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cereus imbricatus Haw. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth legitimate common name: Chain-link Cactus [n/a] common name: Devils-rope Cactus [n/a]

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: 204 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth legitimate

Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]

common name: Devils rope Cactus [n/a] common name: Chain link Cactus [n/a]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Cactaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 204 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth 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: 59 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth legitimate

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