Cumulopuntia

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

Please see discussion on the talk page.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Tephrocacteae
Genus: Cumulopuntia
Species: C. berteroi – C. boliviana – C. chichensis – C. corotilla – C. dimorpha – C. ignescens – C. iturbicola – C. leucophaea – C. mollispina – C. rossiana – C. sphaerica – C. subterranea – C. unguispina – C. zehnderi
Disputed species: C. dactylifera – C. echinacea – C. glomerata – C. ignota – C. pentlandii

Name

Cumulopuntia F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 2: 399. (1980)

Type species: Cumulopuntia ignescens (Vaupel) F.Ritter (1980)

Note: There are significant differences between CACO (2025) and POWO (2025) and these are categorised as disputed taxa (please do not delete green links). CACO is incorrect in placing Cumulopuntia berteroi in their synonymy of Eriosyce subgibbosa. as they base their treatment of Cumulopuntia unguispina on an invalid name.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Sphaeropuntia Guiggi, Cactology 3(Suppl. II): 1. (2012)
  - Type: Sphaeropuntia sphaerica (C.F.Först.) Guiggi (2012)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Chile North, Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

F.Ritter 1980. Kakteen Südamerika 2: 399.

Additional references

Hunt, D. 2016. CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1–174. PDF. Reference page.
Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page.
Pauca-Tanco, G.A. & Quipuscoa, V. 2020. The genus Cumulopuntia (Cactaceae, Opuntioideae) in the Department of Arequipa, Peru. Darwiniana New Series, 8 (1): 337–371. DOI: 10.14522/darwiniana.2020.81.853 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cumulopuntia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cumulopuntia. Published online. Accessed: Jan 18 2022. Reference page.
Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Cumulopuntia in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Cumulopuntia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jan 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names