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cochineal-plant

Opuntia cochenillifera

Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Opuntia.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is MRNNM, FIJ, TANOO, CLMOO, MXSNA, CARIBBEAN, CRL, ROD, BZE, COS, TAN, SUD_OO; Mexico.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent tree, desert or dry shrubland.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1008816-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia cochenillifera". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384050 ↩
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Mexico

Automatically collected source range/note: MRN_NM, FIJ, TAN_OO, CLM_OO, MXS_NA, CARIBBEAN, CRL, ROD, BZE, COS, TAN, SUD_OO; Mexico.