Opuntia hystrix Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 117. 1866

is basionym for Cylindropuntia hystrix (Griseb.) Areces in Ciencias (Havana), ser. 10, 15: 4. 1976

is basionym for Grusonia hystrix (Griseb.) G.D.Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 44. 2006

Isolectotype: Cuba, Guantanamo, Baracoa, and Saltadero, 1860–1864, C. Wright s.n. (GOET: GOET000497) https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.goet000497

Lectotype (designated by Hunt, D.R. & Taylor, N. P. 2006: 61): Cuba, Guantanamo, Baracoa, and Saltadero, 1860–1864, C. Wright s.n. (K: K000100711) https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000100711

Taxon for this name

1. Hunt, D.R. & Taylor, N. P. 2006: Notulae systematicae Lexicon Cactacearum spectantes VII. – Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 21: 4-15