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Opuntia curassavica kaynak görseli

Curas cactus

Opuntia curassavica

Opuntia curassavica (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 CARIBBEAN, PUEOO, NLA, LEEMO, LEEAG, LEEVI, VENOO, DOMOO, VEN, ARU, NLA_BO, DOM; Caribbean to N. Venezuela.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, seasonally dry tropical.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 curassavica (L.) Mill.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136498-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia curassavica". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7280398 ↩
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Native Habitat

Caribbean to N. Venezuela

Automatically collected source range/note: CARIBBEAN, PUE_OO, NLA, LEE_MO, LEE_AG, LEE_VI, VEN_OO, DOM_OO, VEN, ARU, NLA_BO, DOM; Caribbean to N. Venezuela.