Cactaceae
Nyctocereus serpentinus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Nyctocereus
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 仙人杖, 卡氏块根柱, 大文字, 鼠尾掌
Synonyms
- Cactus ambiguus Bonpl.
- Cactus serpentinus Lag. & Rodr.
- Cereus ambiguus (Bonpl.) DC.
- Cereus kalbreyerianus Wercklé
- Cereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) DC.
- Cereus serpentinus var. splendens Salm-Dyck ex Lem.
- Cereus splendens Salm-Dyck
- Echinocereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) Lem.
- Echinocereus splendens (Salm-Dyck ex Lem.) Lem.
- Nyctocereus castellanosii Scheinvar
- Nyctocereus kalbreyerianus (Werckle) Croizat
- Nyctocereus serpentinus subsp. splendens (Salm-Dyck ex Lem.) Scheinvar
- Nyctocereus serpentinus var. ambiguus (Bonpl.) Borg
- Nyctocereus serpentinus var. pietatis Bravo
- Nyctocereus serpentinus var. splendens (Salm-Dyck ex Lem.) Borg
- Nyctocereus serpentinus var. strictior Borg
- Peniocereus castellanosii (Scheinvar) Scheinvar
- Peniocereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) N.P.Taylor
- Peniocereus serpentinus subsp. pietatis (Bravo) Scheinvar
Photos
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Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.