Plant Details

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

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

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cactus fragilis Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 296 (1818).
Opuntia brachyarthra Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 3): 47 (1856).
Opuntia fragilis subsp. brachyarthra (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.A.C.Weber Phytologia 51: 374 (1982).
Opuntia fragilis f. brachyarthra (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 56 (1907).
Opuntia fragilis var. brachyarthra (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 440 (1896).
Opuntia fragilis var. caespitosa L.H.Bailey Stand. Cycl. Hort. 4: 2363 (1916).
Opuntia fragilis var. denudata E.F.Wiegand & Backeb. in C.Backeberg, Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 10 (1956 publ. 1957).
Opuntia fragilis var. parviconspicua Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 10 (1956 publ. 1957).
Opuntia fragilis var. tuberiformis L.H.Bailey Stand. Cycl. Hort. 4: 2363 (1916).
Opuntia sabinii Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 147 (1837).
Opuntia ventanensis M.A.Long Haseltonia 18: 79 (2012).
Tunas fragilis (Nutt.) Nieuwl. & Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 479 (1916).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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