Opuntia dejecta

Opuntia dejecta

Opuntia dejecta 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 MXS, INDDD, INDKE, MXTYU, INDHA, EUROPE, MXSNA, SOAOO, MXG, MXE_GU, CARIBBEAN, SPA; Mexico to Nicaragua, Cuba.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent tree, 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 dejecta Salm-Dyck". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136517-1
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia dejecta". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5620308
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Native Habitat

Mexico to Nicaragua, Cuba

Automatically collected source range/note: MXS, IND_DD, IND_KE, MXT_YU, IND_HA, EUROPE, MXS_NA, SOA_OO, MXG, MXE_GU, CARIBBEAN, SPA; Mexico to Nicaragua, Cuba.