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Opuntia curvispina

Opuntia curvispina Griffiths 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 SOUTHWESTERNUSA, UTAOO, ARI, ARIOO, CAL, UTA, CALOO, NORTHERN_AMERICA; S. Nevada to SE. California and W. & N. Arizona.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub or shrub, 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 curvispina Griffiths". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:174968-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia curvispina". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5620409 ↩
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Native Habitat

S. Nevada to SE. California and W. & N. Arizona

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHWESTERN_USA, UTA_OO, ARI, ARI_OO, CAL, UTA, CAL_OO, NORTHERN_AMERICA; S. Nevada to SE. California and W. & N. Arizona.