Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Zygocactus altensteinii	(Pfeiff.) K.Schum.	Fl. Bras. 4(2): 225. 1890.
Zygocactus bridgesii	(Lem.) Linding.	in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 61A: 378. 1942.
Zygocactus truncatus	(Haw.) K.Schum.	Fl. Bras. 4(2): 224. 1890.
Cactus truncatus	(Haw.) Link	in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 24. 1822.
Cereus truncatus	(Haw.) Sweet	in Hort. Brit. 1: 172. 1826.
Epiphyllum altensteinii	Pfeiff.	Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 128. 1837.
Epiphyllum bridgesii	Lem.	in Ill. Hort. 8: Misc. 5. 1861.
Epiphyllum delicatum	N.E.Br.	in Gard. Chron. III 1902(2): 411. 1902.
Epiphyllum elegans	Cels ex C.F.Först.	Handb. Cacteenk.: 446. 1846.
Epiphyllum guedneyrii	Houllet	in Rev. Hort. 47: 230. 1875.
Epiphyllum purpurascens	Lem.	Hort. Universel 2: 349. 1841.
Epiphyllum ruckeri	Paxton	in Paxtons Mag. Bot. 12: 46. 1846.
Epiphyllum ruckerianum	Lem.	in Ill. Hort. 8(Misc.): 5. 1861.
Epiphyllum salmoneum	Cels ex K.Schum.	Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 223. 1897.
Epiphyllum smithianum	Marnock	in Floric. Cab. & Florists Mag. 8: t. 13. 1840.
Epiphyllum truncatum	Haw.	Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 85. 1819.
Epiphyllum truncatum var. bridgesii	(Lem.) Rümpler	Handb. Cacteenk.: 870. 1885.
Epiphyllum truncatum var. wagneri	Rol.-Goss. ex Guillaumin	in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 4: 1032. 1932.
Epiphyllum violaceum	Cels ex C.F.Först.	Handb. Cacteenk.: 446. 1846.
Schlumbergera bridgesii	(Lem.) Loefgr.	in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: 32. 1918.
Epiphyllum truncatum var. altensteinii	(Pfeiff.) Lem.	Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 76. 1839.
Schlumbergera truncata var. altensteinii	(Pfeiff.) Moran	in Gentes Herbarum 8(4): 330. 1953.
Zygocactus truncatus var. delicatus	(N.E.Br.) Backeb. & F.M.Knuth	Kaktus-ABC: 160. 1936.
Schlumbergera truncata var. delicata	(N.E.Br.) Moran	in Gentes Herbarum 8(4): 330. 1953.
Zygocactus delicatus	(N.E.Br.) Britton & Rose	in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 260. 1913.
Epiphyllum truncatum var. cruentum	T.Br.	in Gard. Chron. 1864: 318. 1864.
Epiphyllum truncatum var. magnificum	T.Br.	in Gard. Chron. 1864: 318. 1864.
Epiphyllum truncatum var. spectabile	T.Br.	in Gard. Chron. 1864: 318. 1864.

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	false christmas cactus
Spanish	zygocactus delicatum
Spanish	zygocactus truncatus
Spanish	zygocactus altensteinii
Spanish	epiphyllum truncatum
Spanish	epiphyllum ruckeri
Spanish	epiphyllum bridgesii
Spanish	cactus truncatus
Spanish	epiphyllum altensteinii
Spanish	cereus truncatus
Spanish	epiphyllum delicatum
German	epiphyllum truncatum
Estonian	harilik jõulukaktus
Persian	کاکتوس کریسمس
Croatian	zygocactus truncatus
Japanese	カニサボテン
Japanese	カニバサボテン
Lithuanian	kalėdinis kaktusas
Lithuanian	velykinis kaktusas
Lithuanian	tikrasis plokštenis
Polish	szlumbergera ucięta
Portuguese	flor-de-maio
Swedish	novemberkaktus
Chinese	蟹爪蘭
Chinese	花螃蟹
Chinese	蟹爪兰

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000439199
USDA Plants	SCTR2
Tropicos	5100450
INPN	448133
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229597-2
The Plant List	kew-2486321
Missouri Botanical Garden	278432
Open Tree Of Life	584126
NCBI Taxonomy	3595
IUCN Red List	152554
IPNI	229597-2
iNaturalist	51223
GBIF	5383983
Freebase	/m/02d6gx
EPPO	SBGTR
EOL	588963
USDA GRIN	312975
Wikipedia	Schlumbergera_truncata
CMAUP	NPO5844

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kakapo: easy extraction and annotation of genes from raw RNA-seq reads

Ramanauskas K, Igić B

PeerJ

27-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10688300
doi:	10.7717/peerj.16456
PMID:	38034874

Micropropagation of Opuntia and Other Cacti Species Through Axillary Shoot Proliferation: A Comprehensive Review

Bouzroud S, El Maaiden E, Sobeh M, Devkota KP, Boukcim H, Kouisni L, El Kharrassi Y

Front Plant Sci

07-Jul-2022

PMCID:	PMC9301454
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2022.926653
PMID:	35873968

Fusarium and Neocosmospora Species Associated with Rot of Cactaceae and Other Succulent Plants

Kamali-Sarvestani S, Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa R, Salmaninezhad F, Cacciola SO

J Fungi (Basel)

01-Apr-2022

PMCID:	PMC9024871
doi:	10.3390/jof8040364
PMID:	35448595

Dataset, including a photo-guide, of alien plants sold in traditional medicine markets and healthcare outlets in three South African cities, specifically by traders of Indian, West African, East African, and Chinese origin

Williams VL, Burness A, Wojtasik EM, Byrne MJ

Data Brief

21-Sep-2021

PMCID:	PMC8479245
doi:	10.1016/j.dib.2021.107395
PMID:	34621926

The best choices: the diversity and functions of the plants in the home gardens of the Tsang-la (Motuo Menba) communities in Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, Southwest China

Zhang Y, Yang LX, Li MX, Guo YJ, Li S, Wang YH

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

31-Aug-2020

PMCID:	PMC7457371
doi:	10.1186/s13002-020-00395-z
PMID:	32867802

Are your hands clean? Pollen retention on the human hand after washing

Hunt CO, Morawska Z

Rev Palaeobot Palynol

04-Jul-2020

PMCID:	PMC7334660
doi:	10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104278
PMID:	32834132

Epiphytic fungi induced pathogen resistance of invasive plant Ipomoea cairica against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

Xu H, Zhu M, Li S, Ruan W, Xie C

PeerJ

13-Apr-2020

PMCID:	PMC7161574
doi:	10.7717/peerj.8889
PMID:	32322438

Local ecological knowledge and its relationship with biodiversity conservation among two Quilombola groups living in the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil

Conde BE, Ticktin T, Fonseca AS, Macedo AL, Orsi TO, Chedier LM, Rodrigues E, Pimenta DS

PLoS One

28-Nov-2017

PMCID:	PMC5705149
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0187599
PMID:	29182637

Genome Assembly of Schlumbergera Virus X Infecting Prickly Pear (Opuntia cochenillifera) in Brazil

Sanches MM, Lamas NS, Reis MB, Arieta-Sosa JG, Romano E, Melo FL, Ribeiro SG

Genome Announc

19-Mar-2015

PMCID:	PMC4395048
doi:	10.1128/genomeA.00133-15
PMID:	25792054

Pb-Induced Avoidance-Like Chloroplast Movements in Fronds of Lemna trisulca L.

Samardakiewicz S, Krzeszowiec-Jeleń W, Bednarski W, Jankowski A, Suski S, Gabryś H, Woźny A

PLoS One

03-Feb-2015

PMCID:	PMC4315572
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0116757
PMID:	25646776

Aphids (Hemiptera, Aphididae) on ornamental plants in greenhouses in Bulgaria

Yovkova M, Petrović-Obradović O, Tasheva-Terzieva E, Pencheva A

Zookeys

30-Jul-2013

PMCID:	PMC3764532
doi:	10.3897/zookeys.319.4318
PMID:	24039530

Genetic Diversity of Human Pathogenic Members of the Fusarium oxysporum Complex Inferred from Multilocus DNA Sequence Data and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analyses: Evidence for the Recent Dispersion of a Geographically Widespread Clonal Lineage and Nosocomial Origin

O'Donnell K, Sutton DA, Rinaldi MG, Magnon KC, Cox PA, Revankar SG, Sanche S, Geiser DM, Juba JH, van Burik JA, Padhye A, Anaissie EJ, Francesconi A, Walsh TJ, Robinson JS

J Clin Microbiol

01-Nov-2004

PMCID:	PMC525153
doi:	10.1128/JCM.42.11.5109-5120.2004
PMID:	15528703

Responses of Succulents to Plant Water Stress

Hanscom Z III, Ting IP

Plant Physiol

01-Mar-1978

PMCID:	PMC1091860
doi:	10.1104/pp.61.3.327
PMID:	16660285

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives / Gallic acid and derivatives
[(1R,2R)-1-(7-methoxy-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-methyl-3-oxobutyl] 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate	11859073	Click to see CC(C(C1=CC2=C(C(=C1)OC)OCO2)OC(=O)C3=CC(=C(C(=C3)OC)OC)OC)C(=O)C	446.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
[(1S,2R)-2-methyl-3-oxo-1-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)butyl] 7-methoxy-1,3-benzodioxole-5-carboxylate	11859072	Click to see CC(C(C1=CC(=C(C(=C1)OC)OC)OC)OC(=O)C2=CC3=C(C(=C2)OC)OCO3)C(=O)C	446.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
Tsangin C	56661913	Click to see CC(C(C1=CC(=C(C(=C1)OC)OC)OC)OC(=O)C2=CC(=C(C(=C2)OC)OC)OC)C(=O)C	462.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Methoxyphenols
Vanillin	1183	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C=O)O	152.15	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Dibenzylbutane lignans
4Alpha,5Alpha-Epoxybeilschmin A	71454057	Click to see CC1C(OC2(C1(O2)C)C3=CC4=C(C(=C3)OC)OCO4)C5=CC(=C(C(=C5)OC)OC)OC	430.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
4Alpha,5Alpha-Epoxybeilschmin B	71459474	Click to see CC1C(OC2(C1(O2)C)C3=CC(=C(C(=C3)OC)OC)OC)C4=CC(=C(C(=C4)OC)OC)OC	446.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Beilschmin D	71455792	Click to see CC1C(OC2(C1(O2)C)C3=CC4=C(C(=C3)OC)OCO4)C5=CC6=C(C(=C5)OC)OCO6	414.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Furanoid lignans / Tetrahydrofuran lignans / 7,7-epoxylignans
Beilschmin A	22297613	Click to see CC1C(C(OC1C2=CC3=C(C(=C2)OC)OCO3)C4=CC(=C(C(=C4)OC)OC)OC)C	416.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Beilschmin B	14352170	Click to see CC1C(C(OC1C2=CC(=C(C(=C2)OC)OC)OC)C3=CC(=C(C(=C3)OC)OC)OC)C	432.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
beilschminol A, rel-	54671632	Click to see CC1C(C(OC1C2=CC(=C(C(=C2)OC)OC)O)C3=CC4=C(C(=C3)OC)OCO4)C	402.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
rel-(7S,8S,7'R,8'R)-3,3',4,4',5,5'-hexamethoxy-7.O.7',8.8'-lignan	21827796	Click to see CC1C(C(OC1C2=CC(=C(C(=C2)OC)OC)OC)C3=CC(=C(C(=C3)OC)OC)OC)C	432.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Lineolic acids and derivatives
Methyl linoleate	5284421	Click to see CCCCCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)OC	294.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids
alpha-Tocopherolquinone	2734086	Click to see CC1=C(C(=O)C(=C(C1=O)C)CCC(C)(CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)C)O)C	446.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Acyclic monoterpenoids
Tanacetene	5321610	Click to see CC(=CCCC=C(C)CCC=C(C)C)C	206.37	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesterterpenoids
alpha-Tocospiro-B	21674157	Click to see CC1=C(C(C2(C1=O)CCC(O2)(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)C)(C(=O)C)O)C	462.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Squalene	638072	Click to see CC(=CCCC(=CCCC(=CCCC=C(C)CCC=C(C)CCC=C(C)C)C)C)C	410.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Ergostane steroids / Ergosterols and derivatives
Ergosta-4,6,8(14),22-tetraen-3-one	6441416	Click to see CC(C)C(C)C=CC(C)C1CCC2=C3C=CC4=CC(=O)CCC4(C3CCC12C)C	392.60	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
3-Hydroxystigmast-5-en-7-one	160608	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2C(=O)C=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	428.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
6alpha-Hydroxystigmast-4-en-3-one	9867274	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC(C4=CC(=O)CCC34C)O)C)C(C)C	428.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
6beta-Hydroxystigmast-4-en-3-one	9823926	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC(C4=CC(=O)CCC34C)O)C)C(C)C	428.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Beta-Sitosterol	222284	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Stigmast-4-en-3-one	5484202	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4=CC(=O)CCC34C)C)C(C)C	412.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Stigmast-4-ene-3,6-dione	5490007	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC(=O)C4=CC(=O)CCC34C)C)C(C)C	426.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Phenolic glycosides
Neobetanin	102401026	Click to see C1C(N(C2=CC(=C(C=C21)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O)O)C=CC4=CC(=NC(=C4)C(=O)O)C(=O)O)C(=O)O	548.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Benzaldehydes / Hydroxybenzaldehydes
4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde	126	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C=O)O	122.12	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzodioxoles
Endiandramide A	54669853	Click to see CC(C)CNC(=O)C1C=CC2CC3C(C4C3C2C1C=C4)CC5=CC6=C(C=C5)OCO6	405.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
tsangibeilin A, rac-	54671628	Click to see C1C2C=CC(C3C2C4C1C(C4C=C3)CCCC5=CC6=C(C=C5)OCO6)C(=O)O	378.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
tsangibeilin B, rel-	54671629	Click to see C1C2C=CC(C3C2C4C1C(C4C=C3)CC5=CC6=C(C=C5)OCO6)C(=O)O	350.40	unknown	via CMAUP database

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