Plant Details

Accepted name:: Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm. [Cactaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
tulip pricklypear	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Opuntia angustata Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 3): 39 (1856).
Opuntia arizonica Griffiths Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 20: 93 (1909).
Opuntia blakeana Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 402 (1909).
Opuntia canada Griffiths Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 20: 90 (1909).
Opuntia chihuahuensis Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 291 (1909).
Opuntia comanchica Urlandt Neubert's Deutsch. Gart.-Mag. 40: 156 (1887).
Opuntia confusa Griffiths Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 27: 28 (1914).
Opuntia cyclodes (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 309 (1911).
Opuntia engelmannii var. cyclodes Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts, prepr. 3: 35 (1856).
Opuntia engelmannii var. wootonii (Griffiths) Fosberg Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 30: 71 (1931).
Opuntia eocarpa Griffiths Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29: 11 (1916).
Opuntia gilvescens Griffiths Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 20: 87 (1909).
Opuntia gregoriana Griffiths Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 26 (1911).
Opuntia laevis var. canada (Griffiths) Peebles Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 9: 68 (1937).
Opuntia mesacantha var. sphaerocarpa J.M.Coult. ex Wooton & Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 446 (1915), pro syn.
Opuntia mojavensis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 3): 40 (1856).
Opuntia phaeacantha var. castorea S.L.Welsh & N.D.Atwood Utah Fl., ed. 3: 75 (2003).
Opuntia phaeacantha var. chihuahuensis (Rose) Bravo Cact. Suc. Mex. 19: 47 (1974).
Opuntia phaeacantha var. major Engelm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293 (1856).
Opuntia phaeacantha subsp. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Guiggi Cactology 3(Suppl. II): 3 (2012).
Opuntia phaeacantha var. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Fosberg Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 33: 103 (1934).
Opuntia phaeacantha var. nigricans Engelm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 293 (1856).
Opuntia phaeacantha var. superbospina (Griffiths) L.D.Benson Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46: 79 (1974).
Opuntia phaeacantha var. wootonii (Griffiths) L.D.Benson Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 125 (1969).
Opuntia platyacantha f. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Schelle Kakteen: 72 (1929).
Opuntia recurvospina Griffiths Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29: 12 (1916).
Opuntia rubrifolia Engelm. ex J.M.Coult. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 424 (1896).
Opuntia superbospina Griffiths Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29: 13 (1916).
Opuntia toumeyi Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 402 (1909).
Opuntia woodsii Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 10 (1956 publ. 1957).
Opuntia wootonii Griffiths Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 171 (1910).
Opuntia zuniensis Griffiths Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 86 (1916).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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