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Lion's Tongue Cactus

Lion's Tongue Cactus

Opuntia leoglossa

Opuntia leoglossa Font & M.Köhler 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 NSW, VICOO, WAUAC, AUSTRALASIA, SPAAN, EUROPE, NSWNS, SOUTHWESTERNEUROPE, SPAGI, SOAOO, NSWCT, SPA.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub or shrub, 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 leoglossa Font & M.Köhler". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77220773-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia leoglossa". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/11168426 ↩
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NSW, VIC_OO, WAU_AC, AUSTRALASIA, SPA_AN, EUROPE, NSW_NS, SOUTHWESTERN_EUROPE, SPA_GI, SOA_OO, NSW_CT, SPA

Automatically collected source range/note: NSW, VIC_OO, WAU_AC, AUSTRALASIA, SPA_AN, EUROPE, NSW_NS, SOUTHWESTERN_EUROPE, SPA_GI, SOA_OO, NSW_CT, SPA.