Cactaceae
Austrocylindropuntia shaferi
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Austrocylindropuntia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 初阵枪
- Spanish
- Maihueniopsis shaferi var humahuacana, Maihueniopsis shaferi var. humahuacana
Synonyms
- Austrocylindropuntia steiniana Backeb.
- Austrocylindropuntia vestita var. shaferi (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter
- Austrocylindropuntia weingartiana (Backeb.) Backeb.
- Cylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
- Cylindropuntia weingartiana (Backeb.) Backeb.
- Opuntia ignescens var. steiniana (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia shaferi Britton & Rose
- Opuntia steiniana (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia weingartiana Backeb.
- Trichopuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Guiggi
Flowers
- In flower
- November to December (from 37 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Carl Howard-Morton, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pamela Espinoza Peñaloza, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Birgitta Tittel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alejandro Bruno Miranda-Calle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.