Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Austrocylindropuntia shaferi / vestita group

• Austrocylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.: (var. shaferi) has some hairs on the juvenile growth only; spines up to 15, 10-50 mm long, usually reddish. Distribution: Argentina in Jujuy, and in Bolivia in Chuquisaca, Oruro, Potosí and Tarija.
• Austrocylindropuntia shaferi var. humahuacana (Backeb.) R.Kiesling: has few, weak spines, up to 1 cm., usually whitish. Distribution: Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina.
• Austrocylindropuntia vestita (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.: has steins completely covered with hairs; spines less than 15 mm long. Distribution: Argentina (Jujuy and Salta), and Bolivia (Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, La Paz, Potosi and Tarija).
• Austrocylindropuntia vestita f. cristata: crested form.
• Austrocylindropuntia weingartiana (Backeb.) Backeb.: A. weingartiana and A. shaferi are one and the same species.