Decumbent Prickly Pear

Opuntia decumbens

Opuntia decumbens Salm-Dyck 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 MXECU, MXTTB, MXSMI, MXT, PANOO, MEXICO, MXN, MXETA, MXECO, CENTRALAMERICA, MXNSO, MXC_TL; Mexico to C. America.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub or shrub, 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 decumbens Salm-Dyck". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316929-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia decumbens". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7280334
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Mexico to C. America

Automatically collected source range/note: MXE_CU, MXT_TB, MXS_MI, MXT, PAN_OO, MEXICO, MXN, MXE_TA, MXE_CO, CENTRAL_AMERICA, MXN_SO, MXC_TL; Mexico to C. America.