Arizona Pencil Cholla

Cylindropuntia arbuscula

Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Engelm.) 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 SOUTHWESTERNUSA, MEXICO, MXN, MXNSI, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXEDU, MXECO, MXEHI, MXEAG, MXNSO, MXECU, MXETA; Arizona to Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub or 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 arbuscula (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73842-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Cylindropuntia arbuscula". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7282835
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Native Habitat

Arizona to Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua)

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHWESTERN_USA, MEXICO, MXN, MXN_SI, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXE_DU, MXE_CO, MXE_HI, MXE_AG, MXN_SO, MXE_CU, MXE_TA; Arizona to Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua).