Opuntia guatemalensis

Opuntia guatemalensis

Opuntia guatemalensis Britton & 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 MXS, HONOO, GUA, NICOO, COS, COSOO, GUAOO, NIC, MEXICO, MXSJA, MXSCL, ELS_OO; Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca) to C. America.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent shrub, 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 guatemalensis Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:175131-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia guatemalensis". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5619568
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Native Habitat

Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca) to C. America

Automatically collected source range/note: MXS, HON_OO, GUA, NIC_OO, COS, COS_OO, GUA_OO, NIC, MEXICO, MXS_JA, MXS_CL, ELS_OO; Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca) to C. America.