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Common Pricklypear

Opuntia monacantha

Opuntia monacantha Haw. 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 KENOO, FIJ, TANOO, EUROPE, SPA, POROO, MLY, ROD, BZE, TAN, PAROO, GEO_OO; E. & S. Brazil to Uruguay.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent shrub or tree, 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 monacantha Haw.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323260-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia monacantha". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384142 ↩
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Native Habitat

E. & S. Brazil to Uruguay

Automatically collected source range/note: KEN_OO, FIJ, TAN_OO, EUROPE, SPA, POR_OO, MLY, ROD, BZE, TAN, PAR_OO, GEO_OO; E. & S. Brazil to Uruguay.