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Broad prickly pear

Opuntia elatior

Opuntia elatior Mill. 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 INDDD, INDKE, KENOO, INDHA, EUROPE, CLMOO, SOAOO, CARIBBEAN, SPA, VIC, VENOO, BANOO; S. Caribbean, Costa Rica to Venezuela.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent shrub or 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 elatior Mill.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136561-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia elatior". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5620016 ↩
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Native Habitat

S. Caribbean, Costa Rica to Venezuela

Automatically collected source range/note: IND_DD, IND_KE, KEN_OO, IND_HA, EUROPE, CLM_OO, SOA_OO, CARIBBEAN, SPA, VIC, VEN_OO, BAN_OO; S. Caribbean, Costa Rica to Venezuela.