Opuntia dejecta

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Opuntieae
Genus: Opuntia
Series: O. ser. Nopalea
Species Opuntia dejecta

Name

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Opuntia dejecta Salm-Dyck (1834)

Synonyms

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  • Nopalea dejecta (Salm-Dyck) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 64. 1850 syn. sec. Salm-Dyck 1834
    • Opuntia diffusa Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 159. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Opuntia horizontalis Gillies ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 145. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba
    • Regional: Central America
      • El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
    • Introduced into:
      • Algeria, Queensland, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, Tunisia, Western Australia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names

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English: spiny nopal
español: Nopal chamacuero
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