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California Cholla

California Cholla

Cylindropuntia bernardina

Cylindropuntia bernardina (Engelm. ex Parish) M.A.Baker, Cloud-H. & Rebman 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, MXNSI, MXNBS, MXNBC, MXN, CAL, MXNSO, NORTHERNAMERICA, CAL_OO; SW. California to Mexico (N. Baja California).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 bernardina (Engelm. ex Parish) M.A.Baker, Cloud-H. & Rebman". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77204181-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Cylindropuntia bernardina". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/10912785 ↩
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Native Habitat

SW. California to Mexico (N. Baja California)

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHWESTERN_USA, MEXICO, MXN_SI, MXN_BS, MXN_BC, MXN, CAL, MXN_SO, NORTHERN_AMERICA, CAL_OO; SW. California to Mexico (N. Baja California).