Cactaceae
Dutchman's pipe cactus
Epiphyllum oxypetalum
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Epiphyllum
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Common names
By language (18)
- Bangla
- নিশিপদ্ম
- bik
- Engkantada de Noche
- Chinese
- 昙花, 曇花, 昙花茎
- English
- Dutchman's pipe cactus, Queen of the night
- Filipino
- Reyna de noche
- French
- Fleur de lune
- Indonesian
- Bakawali
- Japanese
- ゲッカビジン, 月下美人
- Kannada
- ರಾತ್ರಿ ರಾಣಿ
- Malayalam
- നിശാഗന്ധി, അനന്തശയനം, ബ്രഹ്മകമലം
- Marathi
- डचमन्स पाईप कॅक्टस, ब्रह्मकमळ
- nan
- Khêng-hoe, 瓊花, Khîng-hue
- Persian
- ملکه شب
- Sinhala
- කඩුපුල්
- Spanish
- Nopalillo Criollo
- Swedish
- Stor bladkaktus
- Tamil
- பிரம்ம கமலம்
- Vietnamese
- Dạ Quỳnh, Quỳnh trắng
Synonyms
- Cactus oxypetalus Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Cereus latifrons Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
- Cereus oxypetalus DC.
- Epiphyllum acuminatum K.Schum.
- Epiphyllum grande (Lem.) Britton & Rose
- Epiphyllum latifrons (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Pfeiff.
- Epiphyllum oxypetalum var. purpusii (Weing.) Backeb.
- Epiphyllum purpusii (Weing.) F.M.Knuth
- Phyllocactus acuminatus (K.Schum.) K.Schum.
- Phyllocactus grandis Lem.
- Phyllocactus guyanensis Brongn. ex Labour.
- Phyllocactus latifrons (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Link ex Walp.
- Phyllocactus oxypetalus (DC.) Link ex Walp.
- Phyllocactus purpusii Weing.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.