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lofty pricklypear

Opuntia excelsa

Opuntia excelsa Sánchez-Mej. 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, MXSJA, MEXICO, MXSCL, MXN, MXNSI, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXSGR, MXSNA, MXNSO, MXNBS, MXS_MI; SW. Mexico (to Sinaloa).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 excelsa Sánchez-Mej.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:175055-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia excelsa". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5619897 ↩
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Native Habitat

SW. Mexico (to Sinaloa)

Automatically collected source range/note: MXS, MXS_JA, MEXICO, MXS_CL, MXN, MXN_SI, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXS_GR, MXS_NA, MXN_SO, MXN_BS, MXS_MI; SW. Mexico (to Sinaloa).