Cactaceae

Cactus

Disocactus phyllanthoides (DC.) Barthlott

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Disocactus

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Cactus: Disocactus phyllanthoides — Photo: Ulf Eliasson epibase, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

arz: ديسوكاكتوس فيلانثويدس
Chinese: 小粉令箭荷花, 小令箭荷花
English: Cactus
Persian: ملکه آلمانی

Synonyms

Cactus elegans Link
Cactus phyllanthoides DC.
Cereus phyllanthoides (DC.) DC.
Cereus phyllanthoides var. albiflorus Pfeiff.
Cereus phyllanthoides var. curtisii Salm-Dyck
Cereus phyllanthoides var. jenkinsonii Salm-Dyck
Cereus phyllanthoides var. quillardieri Salm-Dyck
Cereus phyllanthoides var. vandesii Salm-Dyck
Epiphyllum phyllanthoides (DC.) Sweet
Heliocereus phyllanthoides (DC.) Doweld
Nopalxochia phyllanthoides (DC.) Britton & Rose
Opuntia speciosa Steud.
Phyllocactus phyllanthoides (DC.) Link
Phyllocactus plukenetii Kostel.

Photos

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Photo: Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.