Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum (Engelm. ex S.Watson) Britton & Rose [Cactaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
barbón	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cardón	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cardón hecho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hecho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cereus pecten-aboriginum Engelm. ex S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 429 (1886).
Pachycereus tehuantepecanus T.MacDoug. & Bravo Cact. Suc. Mex. 1: 64 (1956).
Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum subsp. tehuantepecanus (T.MacDoug. & Bravo) P.V.Heath Calyx 2: 107 (1992).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cereus pecten-aboriginum Engelm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pachycereus pecten-aboriginium	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum (Engelm. ex S. Watson) Britton & Rose	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum (Engelm. ex S.Watson) Britton & Rose	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum (Engelm.)Britton & Rose	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pachycereus tehuantepecanus T.MacDoug. & Bravo	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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