Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M.Knuth [Cactaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

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

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 30 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Opuntia leptocaulis DC. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 118 (1828).
Cylindropuntia brittonii (J.G.Ortega) Backeb. Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 1: 171 (1958).
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis var. glauca Backeb. Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 6: 3583 (1962).
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis var. longispina (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth in C.Backeberg & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 122 (1936).
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis f. longispina (Engelm.) Guiggi Kakteen And. Sukk. 69: 157 (2018).
Cylindropuntia mortolensis (Britton & Rose) F.M.Knuth in C.Backeberg & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 122 (1936).
Grusonia leptocaulis (DC.) G.D.Rowley Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 44 (2006).
Opuntia brittonii J.G.Ortega México Forest. 6: 68 (1928).
Opuntia fragilis var. frutescens Engelm. & A.Gray Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 245 (1845).
Opuntia frutescens Engelm. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 245 (1845).
Opuntia frutescens var. brevispina Engelm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 309 (1856).
Opuntia frutescens var. longispina Engelm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 309 (1856).
Opuntia gracilis Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 172 (1837).
Opuntia gracilis var. subpatens Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 73 (1850).
Opuntia leptocaulis var. badia A.Berger Kakteen: 59 (1929).
Opuntia leptocaulis f. brevispina (Engelm.) Schelle Kakteen: 54 (1926).
Opuntia leptocaulis var. brevispina (Engelm.) S.Watson Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 258: 407 (1878).
Opuntia leptocaulis var. brittonii (J.G.Ortega) Bravo Cact. Suc. Mex. 17: 119 (1972).
Opuntia leptocaulis f. longispina (Engelm.) Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 41 (1907).
Opuntia leptocaulis var. longispina (Engelm.) A.Berger Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 450 (1905).
Opuntia leptocaulis var. pluriseta A.Berger Kakteen: 59 (1929).
Opuntia leptocaulis var. robustior A.Berger Kakteen: 59 (1929).
Opuntia leptocaulis var. stipata J.M.Coult. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 456 (1896), nom. superfl.
Opuntia leptocaulis f. vaginata (Engelm.) Schelle Kakteen: 54 (1926).
Opuntia leptocaulis var. vaginata (Engelm.) S.Watson Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 258: 407 (1878).
Opuntia mortolensis Britton & Rose Cact. 1: 47 (1919).
Opuntia ramulifera Salm-Dyck Hort. Dyck.: 360 (1834).
Opuntia stipata K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 679 (1898).
Opuntia vaginata Engelm. in F.A.Wislizenus, Mem. Tour N. Mexico: 100 (1848).
Opuntia virgata Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 173 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M.Knuth	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Opuntia leptocaulis DC.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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