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Christmas Cactus

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (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 MXS, TVL, SOUTHCENTRALUSA, SOUTHWESTERNUSA, MEXICO, NWMOO, OKL, MXN, MXNSI, SPAAN, EUROPE, NORTHCENTRALUSA; Oklahoma to Mexico.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 leptocaulis (DC.) F.M.Knuth". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73874-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Cylindropuntia leptocaulis". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7282605 ↩
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Native Habitat

Oklahoma to Mexico

Automatically collected source range/note: MXS, TVL, SOUTH_CENTRAL_USA, SOUTHWESTERN_USA, MEXICO, NWM_OO, OKL, MXN, MXN_SI, SPA_AN, EUROPE, NORTH_CENTRAL_USA; Oklahoma to Mexico.