Backeberg, C. & Knuth, F.M. (1936), Kaktus-ABC, en Haandbog for Fagfolk og Amatorer: 125 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cereus imbricatus Haw. legitimate

Backeberg, C. (1958), Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde 1: 194-195 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 503 [secondary reference]

common name: Devil's Rope Pear [n/a] common name: Devil's Rope [n/a]

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

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Cactaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 67 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. legitimate

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Cactaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 204, pl.14. [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. legitimate common name: Devil's Rope Pear [n/a]

Stajsic, V. & Carr, G.W. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Cactaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 122 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. var. imbricata legitimate

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Cactaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 204, Plate 14 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. legitimate common name: Devil's Rope Pear [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cereus imbricatus Haw. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. var. imbricata legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth var. imbricata legitimate taxonomic synonym: Opuntia decipiens DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Opuntia arborescens Engelm. legitimate misapplication: Opuntia cylindrica (Lam.) DC. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 400

• APC Comment: Treated as Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata in Vic.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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: 36-37, 59 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cereus imbricatus Haw. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Opuntia rosea DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cylindropuntia rosea (DC.) Backeb. legitimate common name: tree cholla [n/a] common name: Devil's rope [n/a]

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 11 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cylindropuntia rosea (DC.) Backeb. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cereus imbricatus Haw. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. var. imbricata legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth var. imbricata legitimate taxonomic synonym: Opuntia rosea DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Opuntia decipiens DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Opuntia arborescens Engelm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cylindropuntia rosea (DC.) Backeb. legitimate misapplication: Opuntia cylindrica (Lam.) DC. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 400

• APC Comment: Treated as Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata in Vic.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cereus imbricatus Haw. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. var. imbricata legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth var. imbricata legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth subsp. imbricata legitimate taxonomic synonym: Opuntia decipiens DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Opuntia rosea DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Opuntia arborescens Engelm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cylindropuntia rosea (DC.) Backeb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cylindropuntia imbricata subsp. rosea (DC.) M.A.Baker legitimate misapplication: Opuntia cylindrica (Lam.) DC. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 400

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

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