Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 122. 1936 ["1935"] sec. Hernández & al. 2014
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- ≡Grusonia ramosissima (Engelm.) G.D.Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 45. 2006 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- =Opuntia tesselata Engelm. in Pacif. Railr. Rep. Parke, Bot. 4(5): 52. 1857 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
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- ≡Cylindropuntia ramosissima var. cristata (K.Schum.) P.V.Heath in Calyx 4: 142. 1994 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)