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Here are common name equivalents arranged alphabetically by their common names first

Common Name

Agave cactus
Air plant
Aloe yucca
Angora bunny ears
Arabian wax cissus
Arizona queen of the night
Baby burro tail
Baby toes
Banana Yucca
Barrel cactus
Baseball bat
Bear grass
Bear's paw
Beaver tail
Big-needle vine
Bird's nest cactus
Bird's nest snake plant
Bishop's cap
Black fingers
Black rose
Blue aloe
Blue barrel cactus
Blue candle
Blue chalk sticks
Boojum tree
Botterboom
Bottle palm
Bowstring hemp
Boxing glove
Brain cactus
Brain cactus
Brain plant
Brittle Prickly Pear
Buckhorn Cholla
Bunny ears
Burn plant
Burro tail
Calico hearts
Candle plant
Cane cholla
Cape Blanco sedum
Cardon
Cat & kittens
Catapiller cactus
Cat's whiskers
Century plant
Chalk rose
Chenille plant
Chin-cactus
Cholla
Christmas cactus
Christmas cheer
Cinnamon cactus
Cirio
Claret cup cactus
Cleft stone
Climbing aloe
Climbing onion
Cob Cacti
Cobweb houseleek
Cocoon plant
Coral aloe
Corncob cactus
Coville's barrel
Cowhorn
Cow's tongue
Crab cactus
Creeping devil cactus
Crown cactus
Crown of thorns
Curiosity plant
Dead man's fingers
Desert rose
Devil's backbone
Diamond Cholla
Dog-tail cactus
Dominoes
Donkey tail
Donkie vygie
Dragon tree
Dragon's blood sedum
Dragon's blood tree
Drunkard's dream
Dumpling cactus
Dutchman's pipe
Dwarf Snowball
Eagle claws
Easter cactus
Easter-lily cactus
Elephant bush
Elephant ear
Elephant foot
Elephant tooth cactus
Elephant tree
Elkhorn
Elkhorn plant
Emerald idol
Fairy washboard
False aloe
Fame flower
Fan aloe
Feather cactus
Finger-mound
Fire barrel
Fish bone cactus
Fishook barrel cactus
Fishook cactus
Fragrant moondrops
Frankincense
Ghost plant
Giant crown of thorns hybrid
Giant Dagger Cholla
Giant false agave
Giant velvet rose
Golden barrel
Golden rat tail
Golden sedum
Golden stars
Gooseberry plant
Green platters
Green rose buds
Grizzly bear
Halfmens
Hatchet cactus
Hedgehog cactus
Hedgehog Prickly Pear
Hen & chicks
Hindu rope plant
Hoary navelwort
Holiday cactus
Honey Mike
Honeysuckle cactus
Houseleek
Ice plant
Ice plant
Impala lily
Inchworm plant
Indian corncob
Indian fig
Irish mittens
Jade plant
Jelly beans
Jewel plant
Jeweled crown
Joseph's coat
Joshua tree
Jumping cholla
Karroo rose
King of the night
Lace-spine cactus
Lady finger cactus
Leather leaf
Lemon ball
Lemon vine
Life-saver plant
Lion's tongue
Living rocks
Living stone cactus
Living stones
Livingstone daisy
Lizard tail
Madagascar palm
Medicine aloe
Medusa's head
Mexican living rock
Mexican snowball
Milk bush
Miniature Joshua tree
Miniature pine tree
Miracle leaf
Missouri Pincushion
Mistletoe cactus
Mole plant
Moss rose
Mother of thousands
Mother-in-law's tongue
Mountain Ball Cactus
Mountain cereus
Mustache plant
Myrrh
Myrtle cactus
Navelwort
Necklace vine
Night blooming cereus
Night blooming cereus
Night blooming cereus
Night blooming cereus
Nipple cactus
Ocotillo
October plant
Octongue
Old lady cactus
Old lady cactus
Old man cactus
Old man of the Andes
Old man's bones
Orchid cactus
Organ pipe
Organ pipe cactus
Orpine
Owls eyes
Paddle plant
Painted lady
Panda plant
Paperspine cactus
Parry's Century Plant
Partridge breast aloe
Peanut cactus
Pearl aloe
Pencil leaf
Pencil leaf
Pencil plant
Penwiper plant
Peppermint stick
Peruvian old man
Peyote
Pickle plant
Pincushion cactus
Pink ball cactus
Pin-wheel
Plaid cactus
Plain chin-cactus
Plover eggs
Poinsettia
Polka dots
Pony tail
Popcorn cactus
Powder puff
Pregnant onion
Pregnant plant
Prickly pear
Princess pine
Prism cactus
Propeller plant
Purple Fruit Prickly Pear
Purslane
Queen agave
Queen of the night
Rainbow bush
Rainbow cactus
Rat-tail cactus
Rattlesnake tail
Red cap
Red headed Irishman
Redbird cactus
Rosary vine
Rose cactus
Rose root
Rose-plaid cactus
Royal Highness
Saguaro
San Pedro
Sand dollar
Scarlet plume
Sea urchin cactus
Senita
Silken pincushion
Silver ball
Silver beads
Silver sedum
Silver squill
Silver torch
Smooth Prickly Pear
Snake cactus
Snake plant
Snowball pincushion
Soaptree Yucca
Spanish bayonet
Spekboom
Spider cactus
Spiny Rhipsalis
Split rock
Sprouting leaf
Spruce cones
Staghorn cholla
Star flower
Starfish flower
Starfish flower
Stonecrop
Stoneface
String of beads
String of buttons
String of hearts
String of pearls
Sun cactus
Super burro tail
Teddy bear cholla
Thanksgiving cactus
Thimble cactus
Thimble flower
Tiger aloe
Tiger jaws
Toad flower
Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb cactus
Tongue leaf
Tortoise cactus
Tricolored jade
Tuna
Tuna cardona
Turk's cap cactus
Variegated elephant bush
Variegated false agave
Veld grape
Velvet leaf
Victory plant
Wall paper
Watch chain plant
Wax plant
White-web ball
Whitey
Yellow chin-cactus
Zebra plant
Zig-zag cactus
Zig-zag plant
Zig-zag plant
Zygocactus

Scientific Name

Leuchtenbergia principis
Bryophyllum
Yucca aloifolia
Opuntia microdasys var. albata
Cissus rotundifolia
Peniocereus greggi
Sedum Burrito
Fenestraria rhopalophylla
Yucca baccata
Ferocactus echinocactus
Sansevieria hallii
Nolina
Cotyledon tomentosa
Opuntia basilaris
Acanthoccereus pentagonus
Mammillaria camptotricha
Sansevieria trifasciata 'Hahnii'
Astrophytum myriostigma
Puna clavarioides
Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop'
Aloe brevifolia
Ferocactus glaucescens
Pilosocereus pachycladus (P.azureus)
Senecio serpens
Fouquiera (Idria) columnaris
Tylecodon paniculatum
Beaucarnea recurvata
Sansevieria hyacinthoides
Opuntia fulgida var. mamillata 'Monstrosa'
Echinofossulocactus
Mammillaria elongata 'Cristata'
Euphorbia lactea 'Cristata'
Opuntia fragilis
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Opuntia microdasys
Aloe succotrina
Sedum morganianum
Adromischus trigynus
Senecio articulatus
Opuntia spinosior
Sedum spathulifolium ssp. Pruinosum
Pachycereus pringlei
Sempervivum
Stenocereus (Machaerocereus) eruca
Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri 'Makoyana'
Agave
Dudleya brittonii
Echeveria pulvinata
Gymnocalycium
Cylindropuntia x imbricata
Schlumbergera bridgesii
Sedum rubrotinctum
Opuntia microdasys var. rufida
Fouquiera (Idria) columnaris
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Lithops
Aloe ciliaris
Bowiea volubulis
Echinopsis (Lobivia)
Sempervivum arachnoideum
Senecio haworthii
Aloe Striata
Euphorbia mammillaris
Ferocactus covillei
Euphorbia grandicornis
Opuntia engelmannii var. Lindheimeri 'linguiformis'
Schlumbergera truncata
Stenocereus (Machaerocereus) eruca
Rebutia
Euphorbia millii var. splendens
Cereus jacamaru 'monstrosus'
Puna clavarioides
Adenium obesum
Pedilanthus tithymaloides var. smallii
Cylindropuntia ramosissima
Selenicereus (Deamia) testudo
Opuntia erectoclada
Sedum morganianum
Mestoklema tuberosa
Dracaena
Sedum spurium
Dracaena draco
Hatiora salicornioides
Lophophora williamsii
Epiphyllum oxypetalum
Escobaria sneedii
Echinocactus horizonthalonius
Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri
Echinopsis multiplex
Portulacara afra
Kalanchoe beharensis
Dioscorea (Testudaria) elephantipes
Coryphantha elephantidens
Pacycormis discolor
Euphorbia lactea 'Cristata'
Rhombophyllum dolabriforme
Opuntia cylindrica
Haworthia attenuata fa. Caespitosa
Hesperaloe parviflora
Talinum
Aloe plicatilis
Mammillaria plumosa
Mammillaria (Dolichothele) longimamma
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Cryptocereus anthonyanus
Sclerocactus parviflorus
Mammillaria microcarpa
Disocactus (Pseudorhipsalis) macranthus
Boswellia
Graptopetalum paraguayense
Euphorbia x lomi
Grusonia clavata v. major
Furcraea gigantea
Aeonium canariense
Echinocactus grusonii
Cleistocactus winteri (Hildewinteria aureispinus)
Sedum nussbaumerianum
Mammillaria elongata
Senecio herreanus
Aeonium tabulaeforme
Greenovia aurea
Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea
Pachypodium namaquanum
Pelecyphora aselliformis
Echinocereus
Opuntia erinacaea
Sempervivum
Hoya carnosa 'Compacta'
Cotyledon barbeyi
Schlumbergera
Opuntia microdasys 'Lutea'
Disocactus (Pseudorhipsalis) macranthus
Sempervivum
Hylotelephium spectabile
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Adenium swazicum
Kleinia pendula
Euphorbia mammillaris 'variegata'
Opuntia ficus-indica
Opuntia monacantha
Crassula ovata
Senecio pachyphyllum
x Pachyveria haagei
x Pachyveria scheideckeri 'Cristata'
Opuntia monacantha 'Variegata'
Yucca brevifolia
Opuntia fulgida
Lapidaria margaretae
Selenicereus pteranthus
Mammillaria lasiacantha
Mammillaria elongata
Drimiopsis botryoides
Parodia (Notocactus) submammulosus
Pereskia aculeata
Huernia zebrina
Opuntia schickendantzii
Pleiospilos
Ariocarpus fissuratus
Lithops
Dorotheanthus bellidiformis
x Gasteraloe beguinii
Pachypodium lamerei
Aloe succotrina
Euphorbia caput-medusae
Ariocarpus fissuratus
Echeveria elegans
Euphorbia
Sedum multiceps
Crassula tetragona
Bryophyllum
Escobaria missouriensis
Rhipsalis baccifera
Euphorbia lathyrus
Portulacara
Bryophyllum daigremontianum
Sansevieria trifasciata
Pediocactus simpsonii
Oreocereus fossulatus
Aloe suprafoliata
Commiphora
Myrtillocactus geometrizans
Umbilicus
Crassula perforata
Cereus jacamaru
Epiphyllum oxypetalum
Hylocereus undatus
Selenicereus grandiflorus
Mammillaria
Fouquiera splendens
Hylotelephium sieboldii
Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa
Espostoa lanata
Mammillaria hahniana
Cephalocereus senilis
Oreocereus celsianus
Sedum divergens
Epiphyllum hybrids
Pachycereus marginatus
Stenocereus thurberi
Hylotelephium telephium
Mammillaria parkinsonii
Kalanchoe thyrsiflora
Echeveria derenbergii
Kalanchoe tomentosa
Tephrocactus articulatus
Agave parryi
Aloe variegata
Echinopsis chamaecereus (Chamaecereus silvestrii)
x Gasteraloe beguinii
Gasteria bicolor 'Caespitosa'
Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa
Euphorbia tirucalli
Kalanchoe marmorata
Kleinia gregori
Espostoa lanata
Lophophora williamsii
Kleinia obesa (Senecio deflersii)
Mammillaria
Parodia (Notocactus) rutilans
Aeonium haworthii
Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. friedrichii
Gymnocalycium mihanovichii
Adromischus cooperi
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Opuntia microdasys var. albispina
Beaucarnea recurvata
Rhipsalis warmingiana
Mammillaria bocasana
Ornithogalum longibracteatum (O.caudatum)
Bryophyllum delagoense
Opuntia
Crassula muscosa 'Pseudolycopodiodes'
Leuchtenberbia principis
Crassula perfoliata var. minor (C.falcata)
Opuntia phaeacantha
Portulaca
Agave victoriae-reginae
Selenicereus grandiflorus
Portulacaria afra 'Variegata tricolor'
Echinocereus dasayacanthus
Aporocactus flagelliformis
Crassula barkleyi (C.teres)
Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. friedrichii
Mammillaria spinosissima
Pedilanthus tithymaloides
Crasslua rupestris
Pereskia grandifolia
Rhodiola rosea
Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. friedrichii
x Gasterhaworthia 'Royal Highness'
Carnegia gigantea
Echinopsis (Trichocereus) pachanoi
Astrophytum asterias
Euphorbia fulgens
Astrophytum asterias
Lophocereus schottii
Mammillaria bombycina
Parodia (Notocactus) scopa
Crassula deltoidea
Sedum treleasei
Ledebouria socialis 'Violacea'
Cleistocactus straussi
Opuntia humifusa
Nyctocereus serpentinus
Sansevieria trifasciata
Mammillaria candida
Yucca elata
Yucca aloifolia
Portulacara afra
Gymnocalycium
Rhipsalis (Acanthrohipsalis) monacantha
Pleiospilos
Byrophyllum pinnatum
Tephrocactus articulatus var. inermis (Opuntia strobiliformis)
Opuntia versicolor
Orbea variegata
Stapelia gigantea
Stapelia hirsura
Sedum
Lithops
Senecio rowleyanus
Crassula perfossa
Ceropegia linearis ssp. woodii
Senecio rowleyanus 'String of Pearls'
Heliocereus speciosus
x Sedeveria 'Harry Butterfield'
Opuntia bigelovii
Schlumbergera truncata
Mammillaria gracilis (M.fragilis)
Tavaresia barklyi
Aloe variegata
Faucaria tigrina
Orbea variegata
Parodia aureispina
Parodia maassii
Glottiphyllum
Selenicereus (Deamia) testudo
Crassula ovata 'Tricolor'
Opuntia dillenii
Opuntia streptacantha
Melocactus
Portulacaria afra 'Variegata'
Fuurcaea selloa 'Marginata'
Cissus quandrangularis
Kalanchoe beharensis
Cheiriodopsis candidissima
Sedum acre
Crassula muscosa (C.lycopopdioides)
Hoya carnosa
Parodia (Notocactus) haselbergii
Mammillaria geminispina
Gymnocalcium leeanum
Haworthia attenuata fa. caespitosa
Cryptocereus anthonyanus
Decaryia madagascariensis
Pedilanthus tithymaloides var. smallii
Schlumbergera truncata