Cylindropuntia × viridiflora

Cylindropuntia × viridiflora

Cylindropuntia × viridiflora (Britton & Rose) F.M.Knuth is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

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

Its recorded native range/source remark is SOUTHWESTERNUSA, UTAOO, COL, NORTHWESTERNUSA, NWM, NWMOO, SOUTHCENTRALUSA, ARI, ARIOO, COLOO, UTA, NORTHERN_AMERICA; SE. Utah to NW. New Mexico.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent shrub, desert or dry shrubland.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. "Cylindropuntia × viridiflora (Britton & Rose) F.M.Knuth". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73910-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Cylindropuntia × viridiflora". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3951800
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Native Habitat

SE. Utah to NW. New Mexico

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHWESTERN_USA, UTA_OO, COL, NORTHWESTERN_USA, NWM, NWM_OO, SOUTH_CENTRAL_USA, ARI, ARI_OO, COL_OO, UTA, NORTHERN_AMERICA; SE. Utah to NW. New Mexico.