Cumulopuntia subterranea

Cumulopuntia subterranea

Cumulopuntia subterranea (R.E.Fr.) F.Ritter is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Cumulopuntia.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is BOLOO, AGWTU, AGWSL, AGWSE, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA, BOL, AGW, AGWLR, AGWME, AGWSJ, AGWCA, AGW_SA; SW. Bolivia to Argentina (Jujuy).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, montane tropical.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Cumulopuntia subterranea (R.E.Fr.) F.Ritter". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72194-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Cumulopuntia subterranea". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3953857
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Native Habitat

SW. Bolivia to Argentina (Jujuy)

Automatically collected source range/note: BOL_OO, AGW_TU, AGW_SL, AGW_SE, WESTERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, BOL, AGW, AGW_LR, AGW_ME, AGW_SJ, AGW_CA, AGW_SA; SW. Bolivia to Argentina (Jujuy).