Cylindropuntia californica
Cylindropuntia californica
Cylindropuntia californica
Cylindropuntia californica (Torr. & A.Gray) 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, MXNSI, MXNBS, MXNBC, MXN, CAL, MXNSO, CALOO, NORTHERN_AMERICA; S. California to Mexico (Baja California, Sonora).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
- Plants of the World Online. "Cylindropuntia californica (Torr. & A.Gray) F.M.Knuth". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73849-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Cylindropuntia californica". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7282782 ↩
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