Plant Details

Accepted name:: Opuntia macrorhiza 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:
twistspine pricklypear	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cactus tuberculatus Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 34 (1814).
Opuntia compressa var. macrorhiza (Engelm.) L.D.Benson Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 25: 251 (1944).
Opuntia compressa var. stenochila (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) D.Weniger Cacti S. W.: 211 (1970).
Opuntia fusiformis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 3): 43 (1856).
Opuntia grandiflora (Engelm.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 816 (1903).
Opuntia grandiflora Engelm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 295 (1856).
Opuntia leptocarpa Mackensen Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 141 (1911).
Opuntia loomisii Peebles Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 9: 109 (1938).
Opuntia macrorhiza var. grandiflora (Engelm.) Bulot Succulentes (France) (2002).
Opuntia macrorhiza var. greenii (J.M.Coult.) Bulot Succulentes (France) (2002).
Opuntia macrorhiza var. potosina R.E.M.Hern. Acta Ci. Potos. 10: 155 (1988).
Opuntia mesacantha var. grandiflora Engelm. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 429 (1896).
Opuntia mesacantha var. greenii J.M.Coult. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 431 (1896).
Opuntia mesacantha var. macrorhiza (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 430 (1896).
Opuntia mesacantha var. stenochila (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) J.M.Coult. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 430 (1896).
Opuntia plumbea Rose Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 50: 524 (1908).
Opuntia rafinesquei var. fusiformis Engelm. Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 3): 43 (1856).
Opuntia rafinesquei var. grandiflora Engelm. Descr. Cact.: 55 (1856).
Opuntia roseana Mackensen Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 142 (1911).
Opuntia seguina C.Z.Nelson Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci. 12: 120 (1919).
Opuntia stenochila Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 3): 43 (1856).
Opuntia tuberculata (Willd.) Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 80 (1819).
Opuntia xanthoglochia Griffiths Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 166 (1910).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm. var. macrorhiza	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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