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Buck-horn Cholla

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Cylindropuntia.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is NEVOO, MXNBS, ARIOO, UTA, NORTHERNAMERICA, CALOO, SOUTHWESTERNUSA, UTAOO, MEXICO, MXNSI, ARI, MXN_BC; SW. Utah to W. Arizona and NW. Mexico.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent shrub, desert or dry shrubland.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73837-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7282888 ↩
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Native Habitat

SW. Utah to W. Arizona and NW. Mexico

Automatically collected source range/note: NEV_OO, MXN_BS, ARI_OO, UTA, NORTHERN_AMERICA, CAL_OO, SOUTHWESTERN_USA, UTA_OO, MEXICO, MXN_SI, ARI, MXN_BC; SW. Utah to W. Arizona and NW. Mexico.