Cactaceae

Leuchtenbergia principis Hook.

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Leuchtenbergia

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Leuchtenbergia principis: Agave cactus ( Leuchtenbergia principis ) in Mexico — Photo: P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (9)

Chinese: 光山, 光山玉
Dutch: Vingercactus
Finnish: Sormikaktus
Lithuanian: Švelnioji kresnuolė, Kresnuolė, Loichtenbergija, Švelnioji loichtenbergija
Persian: لوکتنبرگیا
Portuguese: Leuchtenbergia
Romanian: Leuchtenbergia
Swedish: Prismakaktus
Ukrainian: Лейхтенбергія

Photos

Photo: P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Petar43, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Petar43, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dornenwolf from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dornenwolf from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dornenwolf from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification 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.