Micropuntia pulchella
A species in the Cactaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Micropuntia
- Species
- Micropuntia pulchella
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 2003
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Micropuntia pulchella. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
19 synonyms in this snapshot
- Corynopuntia pulchellaName author: (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth
- Grusonia pulchellaName author: (Engelm.) H.Rob.
- Micropuntia barkleyanaName author: Daston
- Micropuntia brachyrhopalicaName author: Daston
- Micropuntia gracilicylindricaName author: E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.
- Micropuntia pulchella subsp. gracilicylindricaName author: (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) Hochstätter
- Micropuntia pygmaeaName author: E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.
- Micropuntia spectatissimaName author: Daston
- Micropuntia tuberculosirhopalicaName author: E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.
- Micropuntia tuberulosirhopalicaName author: E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.
- Micropuntia wiegandiiName author: Backeb.
- Opuntia barkleyanaName author: (Daston) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia brachyrhopalicaName author: (Daston) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia gracilicylindricaName author: (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia pulchellaName author: Engelm.
- Opuntia pygmaeaName author: (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia spectatissimaName author: (Daston) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia tuberculosirhopalicaName author: (E.F.Wiegand & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia wiegandiiName author: (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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