Plant Details

Accepted name:: Echinopsis oxygona (Link) Zucc. ex Pfeiff. & Otto [Cactaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
barel cactus	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiān rén qiú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
仙人球	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 77 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Echinocactus oxygonus Link Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 6: 419 (1830).
Echinopsis multiplex (Pfeiff.) Zucc. ex Pfeiff. & Otto Abbild. Beschr. Cact. 1: t. 4 (1838).
Cereus decaisneanus (Lem.) Mottet Dict. Prat. Hort. 1: 582 (1892-1893).
Cereus eyriesii (Turpin) Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 72 (1837).
Cereus jasmineus Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 72 (1837).
Cereus multiplex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 70 (1837).
Cereus multiplex var. monstrosus Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 71 (1837).
Cereus oxygonus (Link) Otto Allg. Gartenzeitung 1: 365 (1833).
Cereus schelhasii Pfeiff. Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 314 (1835).
Cereus tubiflorus Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 71 (1837).
Cereus tubiflorus Endl. in A.Hartinger, Parad. Vindob.: t. 71 (1848), nom. illeg.
Cereus turbinatus Pfeiff. Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 314 (1835).
Echinocactus boutillieri J.Parm. ex Pfeiff. Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 814 (1835).
Echinocactus decaisneanus (Lem.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 536 (1840).
Echinocactus eyriesii Turpin Ann. Inst. Roy. Hort. Fromont 2: 158 (1830).
Echinocactus eyriesii var. glaucus Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24: t. 31 (1838).
Echinocactus gemmatus Otto Allg. Gartenzeitung 1: 365 (1833).
Echinocactus multiplex Otto Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 10 (1835), nom. subnud.
Echinocactus octogonus G.Don in R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 283 (1839).
Echinocactus sulcatus Pfeiff. Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 427 (1827).
Echinocactus tubiflorus (Pfeiff.) Hook. Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3627 (1838).
Echinocactus turbinatus (Pfeiff.) Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 72 (1837).
Echinonyctanthus decaisneanus Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 55 (1839).
Echinonyctanthus eyriesii (Turpin) Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 84 (1839).
Echinonyctanthus multiplex (Pfeiff.) Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 85 (1839).
Echinonyctanthus nigrispinus Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 85 (1839).
Echinonyctanthus oxygonus (Link) Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 85 (1839).
Echinonyctanthus pictus Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 84 (1839).
Echinonyctanthus schelhasii (Pfeiff.) Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 84 (1839).
Echinonyctanthus tubiflorus (Pfeiff.) Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 85 (1839).
Echinonyctanthus turbinatus (Pfeiff.) Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 84 (1839).
Echinopsis adolfofriedrichii G.Moser Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 37: 39 (1982).
Echinopsis brasiliensis Frič ex Pazout Friciana 3(17): 3 (1963).
Echinopsis decaisniana (Lem.) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 324 (1843).
Echinopsis derenbergii Frič Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 42: 436 (1927).
Echinopsis derenbergii var. blossfeldii Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 27 (1956 publ. 1957).
Echinopsis eyriesii (Turpin) Pfeiff. & Otto Abbild. Beschr. Cact. 1: t. 4 (1838).
Echinopsis eyriesii var. cristata Donn.Sm. Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 12: 27 (1902).
Echinopsis eyriesii var. duvallii Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 111, 112 (1907).
Echinopsis eyriesii var. glauca C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 360 (1846).
Echinopsis eyriesii var. glaucescens C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 360 (1846).
Echinopsis eyriesii var. grandiflora Rud.Mey. Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 21: 186 (1911).
Echinopsis eyriesii var. major Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 111, 112 (1907).
Echinopsis eyriesii var. phyligera Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 111, 112 (1907).
Echinopsis eyriesii var. pudantii P.Fourn. Cactées Pl. Grasses: 28 (1935).
Echinopsis eyriesii var. rosea Link ex Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 111, 112 (1907).
Echinopsis eyriesii var. schelhasii (Pfeiff. & Otto) P.Fourn. Cactées Pl. Grasses: 28 (1935).
Echinopsis eyriesii var. tettavii Jacobi in C.F.Förster, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 626, 630 (1885).
Echinopsis eyriesii var. triumphans Jacobi in C.F.Förster, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 626, 630 (1885).
Echinopsis eyriesii var. wilkensii Linke ex Bosse Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn. 5: 161 (1854).
Echinopsis gemmata var. decaisneana (Lem.) Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 113 (1907).
Echinopsis gemmata var. schelhasii (Pfeiff. & Otto) Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 113 (1907).
Echinopsis jamesiana Monv. Herb. Gén. Amat., sér. 2, 3(misc.): 42 (1843).
Echinopsis melanacantha A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 14: 306 (1846).
Echinopsis multiplex var. monstrosa (Pfeiff.) Gürke Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 16: 88 (1906).
Echinopsis nigrispina (Lem.) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 324 (1843).
Echinopsis oxygona f. brasiliensis (Frič ex Pazout) J.Ullmann Kaktusy (Brno) 50(Special 1): 25 (2014).
Echinopsis oxygona f. brevispina F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 1: 239 (1979).
Echinopsis oxygona f. grandiflora (Rud.Mey.) J.Ullmann Kaktusy (Brno) 35: 110 (1999), nom. superfl.
Echinopsis oxygona f. multiplex (Pfeiff.) J.Ullmann Kaktusy (Brno) 50(Special 1): 25 (2014).
Echinopsis oxygona var. turbinata Mittler ex Labour. Monogr. Cact.: 306 (1853).
Echinopsis paraguayensis Mundt ex F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 1: 264 (1979).
Echinopsis picta (Lem.) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 324 (1843).
Echinopsis pudantii Pfersdorf ex Roth Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 10: 167 (1900).
Echinopsis quehlii R.Mey. Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 1: 55 (1891).
Echinopsis rohlandii K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 235 (1897).
Echinopsis schelhasii Pfeiff. & Otto Abbild. Beschr. Cact. 1: t. 4 (1838).
Echinopsis schwantesii Frič Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 42: 436 (1927).
Echinopsis tettavii Kratz Neubert's Deutsch. Gart.-Mag. 8: 111 (1855).
Echinopsis tubiflora (Pfeiff.) Zucc. ex A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 14: 306 (1846).
Echinopsis tubiflora var. paraguayensis Rud.Mey. Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 153 (1913).
Echinopsis turbinata (Pfeiff.) Pfeiff. & Otto Abbild. Beschr. Cact. 1: t. 4 (1838).
Echinopsis undulata Rother Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 11: 61 (1901).
Echinopsis wilkensii (Linke ex Bosse) K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 235 (1897).
Echinopsis zuccarinii Pfeiff. & Otto Abbild. Beschr. Cact. 1: t. 4 (1838).
Echinopsis zuccarinii var. rolandii É.Morren Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 16: 130 (1866).
Rebutia multiplex (Pfeiff.) Roeder Kakteenkunde & Kakteenfr. 1938: 124 (1938).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Echinocactus oxygonus Link et Otto	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Echinopsis multipex	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Echinopsis multiplex (Pfeiff.) Zucc.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Echinopsis multiplex Pfeiff. et Otto	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Echinopsis oxygona (Link) Zucc. ex Pfeiff. & Otto	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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