Opuntia karwinskiana

Opuntia karwinskiana

Opuntia karwinskiana Salm-Dyck 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 MXEAG, MXECU, MXTTB, MXEGU, MXNBS, MXTCI, MXSMI, MXSJA, MXT, MXSCL, MXCDF, NORTHERN_AMERICA; Mexico.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 karwinskiana Salm-Dyck". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136712-1
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia karwinskiana". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5626333
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Mexico

Automatically collected source range/note: MXE_AG, MXE_CU, MXT_TB, MXE_GU, MXN_BS, MXT_CI, MXS_MI, MXS_JA, MXT, MXS_CL, MXC_DF, NORTHERN_AMERICA; Mexico.