
candle cholla
Cylindropuntia kleiniae
Cylindropuntia kleiniae (DC.) 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 MXEAG, MXECU, NWMOO, MXEGU, MXNBS, SPASP, EUROPE, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXCDF, MXE_DU, NWM, MEXICO; SC. U.S.A. to 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
- Plants of the World Online. "Cylindropuntia kleiniae (DC.) F.M.Knuth". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73873-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Cylindropuntia kleiniae". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3952654 ↩
Measured
Draining Mix
SC. U.S.A. to Mexico
Automatically collected source range/note: MXE_AG, MXE_CU, NWM_OO, MXE_GU, MXN_BS, SPA_SP, EUROPE, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXC_DF, MXE_DU, NWM, MEXICO; SC. U.S.A. to Mexico.