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Prickly Pears

Prickly Pears

Opuntia eichlamii

Opuntia eichlamii 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 MXTTB, MEXICO, GUAOO, GUA, MXTCA, MXTYU, MXTCI, MXT, CENTRALAMERICA, SOUTHERNAMERICA, MXTQR, NORTHERN_AMERICA; Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala.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 eichlamii Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:175026-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia eichlamii". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3084187 ↩
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Native Habitat

Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala

Automatically collected source range/note: MXT_TB, MEXICO, GUA_OO, GUA, MXT_CA, MXT_YU, MXT_CI, MXT, CENTRAL_AMERICA, SOUTHERN_AMERICA, MXT_QR, NORTHERN_AMERICA; Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala.