Cactaceae
Rattail cactus
Aporocactus flagelliformis
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Aporocactus
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Common names
By language (8)
- Bulgarian
- Апорокактус, Кактус миша опашка, Плетовиден апорокактус
- Chinese
- 鼠尾掌, 金纽
- English
- Rattail cactus, Rat-tail cactus
- Finnish
- Käärmekaktus
- nah
- Huitzocuitlapilli
- Portuguese
- Rabo-de-rato
- Spanish
- Flor de latigo, Flor de látigo, Floricuerno
- Swedish
- Ormkaktus
Synonyms
- Aporocactus flagelliformis var. leptophis (DC.) P.V.Heath
- Aporocactus flagelliformis var. pfeifferi P.V.Heath
- Aporocactus flagriformis (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Lem.
- Aporocactus flagriformis (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose
- Aporocactus leptophis (DC.) Britton & Rose
- Cactus flagelliformis L.
- Cereus flagelliformis (L.) Mill.
- Cereus flagelliformis var. leptophis (DC.) K.Schum.
- Cereus flagelliformis var. minor Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.
- Cereus flagelliformis var. minor Salm-Dyck
- Cereus flagriformis Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
- Cereus leptophis DC.
- Discocactus flagriformis (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Scheinvar
- Disocactus flagelliformis (L.) Barthlott
- Disocactus flagriformis (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Scheinvar
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.