Opuntia decumbens

Opuntia decumbens 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 MXECU, MXTTB, MXSMI, MXT, PANOO, MEXICO, MXN, MXETA, MXECO, CENTRALAMERICA, MXNSO, MXC_TL; Mexico to C. America.¹

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub or shrub, 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 decumbens Salm-Dyck". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316929-2 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia decumbens". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7280334 ↩