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Opuntia dulcis

Opuntia dulcis

Opuntia dulcis

Opuntia dulcis Engelm. 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 TEX, NWM, NWMOO, SOUTHCENTRALUSA, TEXOO, NORTHERN_AMERICA; New Mexico to W. Texas.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent 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 dulcis Engelm.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:281625-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia dulcis". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5620140 ↩
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Native Habitat

New Mexico to W. Texas

Automatically collected source range/note: TEX, NWM, NWM_OO, SOUTH_CENTRAL_USA, TEX_OO, NORTHERN_AMERICA; New Mexico to W. Texas.