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Opuntia flavispina

Opuntia flavispina

Opuntia flavispina

Opuntia flavispina (L.D.Benson) D.J.Ferguson, Joe J.Shaw & N.Hussey 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 MXNSO, MXNBS, ARI, SOUTHWESTERNUSA, MEXICO, MXN, MXNSI, ARIOO, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXN_BC; Arizona to Mexico (Sonora).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, 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 flavispina (L.D.Benson) D.J.Ferguson, Joe J.Shaw & N.Hussey". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77374103-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia flavispina". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/8100611 ↩
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Native Habitat

Arizona to Mexico (Sonora)

Automatically collected source range/note: MXN_SO, MXN_BS, ARI, SOUTHWESTERN_USA, MEXICO, MXN, MXN_SI, ARI_OO, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXN_BC; Arizona to Mexico (Sonora).