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depressa cactus

depressa cactus

Opuntia depressa

Opuntia depressa Rose 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, MEXICO, MXSJA, MXSCL, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXCME, MXSGR, MXCTL, MXSNA, MXG, MXCMO, MXC_DF; SW. & C. Mexico (to Veracruz).1

POWO records the plant context as Unknown, 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 depressa Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:174990-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia depressa". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5620261 ↩
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Native Habitat

SW. & C. Mexico (to Veracruz)

Automatically collected source range/note: MXS, MEXICO, MXS_JA, MXS_CL, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXC_ME, MXS_GR, MXC_TL, MXS_NA, MXG, MXC_MO, MXC_DF; SW. & C. Mexico (to Veracruz).