Cactaceae

Austrocylindropuntia floccosa (Salm-Dyck) F.Ritter

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Austrocylindropuntia

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Austrocylindropuntia floccosa: Waraqu ( Austrocylindropuntia floccosa ) in Peru — Photo: Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Aymara: Waraqu
Chinese: 鹰翁
Persian: ستونچه کرکی
Spanish: Huaraco

Synonyms

Andinopuntia floccosa (Salm-Dyck) Guiggi
Andinopuntia floccosa subsp. yanganucensis (Rauh & Backeb.) Guiggi
Austrocylindropuntia blancii (Backeb.) Batov
Austrocylindropuntia floccosa subsp. crispicrinitus (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza
Austrocylindropuntia floccosa subsp. floccosa
Austrocylindropuntia floccosa subsp. yanganucensis (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza
Austrocylindropuntia hirschii (Backeb.) E.F.Anderson
Austrocylindropuntia lauliacoana F.Ritter
Austrocylindropuntia machacana F.Ritter
Austrocylindropuntia punta-caillan (Rauh & Backeb.) E.F.Anderson
Austrocylindropuntia tephrocactoides Rauh & Backeb.
Austrocylindropuntia yanganucensis (Rauh & Backeb.) E.F.Anderson
Cylindropuntia tephrocactoides (Rauh & Backeb.) Rauh & Backeb.
Opuntia atroviridis Werderm. & Backeb.
Opuntia atroviridis f. longicylindrica (Rauh & Backeb.) Krainz
Opuntia atroviridis f. parviflora (Rauh & Backeb.) Krainz
Opuntia atroviridis f. paucispina (Rauh & Backeb.) Krainz
Opuntia blancii (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia crispicrinita (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia crispicrinita subvar. flavicoma (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia crispicrinita var. cylindracea (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia crispicrinita var. tortispina (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia cylindrolanata (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia floccosa Salm-Dyck
Opuntia floccosa subvar. aurescens (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia floccosa var. canispina (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia floccosa var. cardenasii (Marn.-Lap.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia floccosa var. crassior (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia floccosa var. denudata F.A.C.Weber
Opuntia floccosa var. ovoides (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia hempeliana K.Schum.
Opuntia hirschii (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia lagopus var. aureopenicillata (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia pseudo-udonis (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia pseudoudonis (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia punta-caillan (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia rauhii (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia senilis Roezl
Opuntia tephrocactoides (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Opuntia udonis Weing.

and 27 more.

Photos

Photo: Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KETTY MUCHA PINTA, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KETTY MUCHA PINTA, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.