Plant Details

Accepted name:: Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) A.Berger [Cactaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
猪耳掌	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Opuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 79 (1819).
Brasiliopuntia argentina (Griseb.) A.Berger Entwicklungslin. Kakt.: 17 (1926).
Brasiliopuntia bahiensis (Britton & Rose) A.Berger Entwicklungslin. Kakt.: 17 (1927).
Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis subsp. bahiensis (Britton & Rose) P.J.Braun & Esteves Schumannia 3: 188 (2001 publ. 2002).
Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis subsp. subacarpa (Rizzini & A.Mattos) P.J.Braun & Esteves Schumannia 3: 188 (2001 publ. 2002).
Brasiliopuntia neoargentina Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 9 (1956 publ. 1957).
Brasiliopuntia schulzii (A.Cast. & H.V.Lelong) Backeb. Cact. Handb. Kakteenk. 1: 373 (1958).
Brasiliopuntia subacarpa Rizzini & A.Mattos Revista Brasil. Biol. 46: 324 (1986).
Cactus arboreus Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 207 (1829).
Cactus brasiliensis Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 33 (1814).
Cactus heterocladus A.St.-Hil. Voy. Rio de Janeiro 2: 103 (1830).
Cactus paradoxus Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 443 (1815).
Cereus paradoxus Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 335 (1840).
Opuntia arborea Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 220 (1841).
Opuntia argentina Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 140 (1879).
Opuntia bahiensis Britton & Rose Cact. 1: 210 (1919).
Opuntia brasiliensis subsp. bahiensis (Britton & Rose) P.J.Braun & Esteves Succulenta (Netherlands) 74: 132 (1995).
Opuntia brasiliensis subsp. subacarpa (Rizzini & A.Mattos) P.J.Braun & Esteves Succulenta (Netherlands) 74: 132 (1995).
Opuntia hieronymi Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 140 (1879).
Opuntia neoargentina (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 4 (1958).
Opuntia schulzii A.Cast. & H.V.Lelong Lilloa 10: 400 (1944).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) A. Berger	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) A.Berger	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Opuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) Haw.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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