Opuntia nicholii

Opuntia nicholii

Opuntia nicholii L.D.Benson 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 UTA, NEV, ARI, SOUTHWESTERNUSA, ARIOO, NORTHERNAMERICA, UTAOO, NEV_OO; E. Nevada to W. Utah and N. Arizona.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, 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 nicholii L.D.Benson". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:175365-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia nicholii". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384151
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Native Habitat

E. Nevada to W. Utah and N. Arizona

Automatically collected source range/note: UTA, NEV, ARI, SOUTHWESTERN_USA, ARI_OO, NORTHERN_AMERICA, UTA_OO, NEV_OO; E. Nevada to W. Utah and N. Arizona.