Cactaceae
Tephrocactus articulatus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Tephrocactus
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Common names
By language (3)
- arz
- تيفروكاكتوس مفصلى
- Chinese
- 长刺武藏野, 黑刺弥撒
- Swedish
- Ledopuntia
Synonyms
- Cereus articulatus Pfeiff.
- Cereus polymorphus C.F.Först.
- Cereus syringacanthus Pfeiff.
- Cereus syringscanthus Pfeiff.
- Opuntia andicola var. fulvispina Lem.
- Opuntia articulata (Pfeiff.) D.R.Hunt
- Opuntia calva Lem.
- Opuntia diademata Lem.
- Opuntia diademata f. calva (Lem.) Schelle
- Opuntia diademata var. calva (Lem.) F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.
- Opuntia diademata var. inermis Speg.
- Opuntia diademata var. polyacantha Speg.
- Opuntia glomerata f. papyracantha (Phil.) Castell.
- Opuntia glomerata var. calva (Lem.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia glomerata var. inermis (Speg.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia glomerata var. polycantha (Speg.) G.D.Rowley
- Opuntia papyracantha Phil.
- Opuntia polymorpha Pfeiff.
- Opuntia strobiliformis A.Berger
- Opuntia syringacantha Pfeiff. ex C.F.Först.
- Opuntia turpinii Lem.
- Opuntia turpinii var. polymorpha Salm-Dyck
- Tephrocactus articulatus f. papyracanthus (Phil.) Guiggi & Verloove
- Tephrocactus articulatus f. syringacanthus (Pfeiff.) F.Ritter
- Tephrocactus articulatus var. calvus (Lem.) Backeb.
- Tephrocactus articulatus var. diadematus (Lem.) Backeb.
- Tephrocactus articulatus var. inermis (Speg.) Backeb.
- Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus (Phil.) Backeb.
- Tephrocactus articulatus var. polyacanthus (Speg.) Backeb.
- Tephrocactus articulatus var. syringacanthus (Pfeiff.) Backeb.
- Tephrocactus calvus (Lem.) Lem.
- Tephrocactus diademata (Lem.) Lem.
- Tephrocactus diadematus (Lem.) Lem.
- Tephrocactus diadematus var. calvus (Lem.) Backeb.
- Tephrocactus glomeratus var. fulvispinus (Lem.) Backeb.
- Tephrocactus glomeratus var. inermis Speg.
- Tephrocactus inermis (Speg.) Backeb.
- Tephrocactus neoglomeratus var. fulvispinus (Lem.) Y.Itô
- Tephrocactus strobiliformis (A.Berger) Backeb.
- Tephrocactus turpinii (Lem.) Lem.
Flowers
- In flower
- November to December (from 21 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rosario Douglas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Carl Howard-Morton, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jochin, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Man77, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Bender, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 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.