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Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa subsp. major (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) U.Guzmán is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of an infraspecific taxon* of the species Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth in the genus Cylindropuntia (family Cactaceae).

* The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 16 2003.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70029525-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. major (Engelm.) Pinkava	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Opuntia acanthocarpa var. major (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) L.D. Benson	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia acanthocarpa var. ramosa Peebles	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Opuntia echinocarpa var. major Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

The species Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth has a further 8 synonyms.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2750350, and has not been changed.