PLANTS Profile for Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (Christmas cactus)

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Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M. Knuth
Christmas cactus

Symbol:

CYLE8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M. Knuth

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Synonyms:
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M. Knuth

OPLE

Opuntia leptocaulis DC.

Christmas cactus

Distribution:
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M. Knuth


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USA (AZ, NM, OK, TX)

Related Taxa:
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M. Knuth

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 29 species in Cylindropuntia

Classification:
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M. Knuth

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) Kreuzinger
Species	Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M. Knuth – Christmas cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M. Knuth

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Opuntia leptocaulis
desert Christmas cactus, pencil cholla		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) F.M. Knuth

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 01:39 AM CDT