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Black-spined Pricklypear

Opuntia macrocentra

Opuntia macrocentra Engelm. 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, NWMOO, MXEGU, MXNBS, ARIOO, MXEDU, NORTHERNAMERICA, NWM, MEXICO, SOUTHCENTRALUSA, CNY; Arizona to W. Texas and N. Mexico.1

POWO records the plant context as tree, 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 macrocentra Engelm.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:175273-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia macrocentra". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384155 ↩
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Native Habitat

Arizona to W. Texas and N. Mexico

Automatically collected source range/note: MXE_AG, MXE_CU, NWM_OO, MXE_GU, MXN_BS, ARI_OO, MXE_DU, NORTHERN_AMERICA, NWM, MEXICO, SOUTH_CENTRAL_USA, CNY; Arizona to W. Texas and N. Mexico.