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Opuntia hitchcockii

Opuntia hitchcockii

Opuntia hitchcockii

Opuntia hitchcockii J.G.Ortega 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 MXNBS, MXS, MXSMI, MXSJA, MXSCL, MXSGR, MXSOA, NORTHERNAMERICA, MEXICO, MXNSI, MXSNA, MXNBC; Mexico (Sinaloa, Nayarit).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 hitchcockii J.G.Ortega". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136666-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia hitchcockii". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5619466 ↩
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Mexico (Sinaloa, Nayarit)

Automatically collected source range/note: MXN_BS, MXS, MXS_MI, MXS_JA, MXS_CL, MXS_GR, MXS_OA, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MEXICO, MXN_SI, MXS_NA, MXN_BC; Mexico (Sinaloa, Nayarit).