Opuntia mesacantha

Opuntia mesacantha

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
Species Opuntia mesacantha
Subspecies: O. m. subsp. lata – O. m. subsp. mesacantha

Name

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Opuntia mesacantha Raf., 1830

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Eastern USA
      • Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

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

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