Opuntia depressa

Opuntia depressa Rose 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 MXS, MEXICO, MXSJA, MXSCL, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXCME, MXSGR, MXCTL, MXSNA, MXG, MXCMO, MXC_DF; SW. & C. Mexico (to Veracruz).¹

POWO records the plant context as Unknown, 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 depressa Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:174990-2 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia depressa". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5620261 ↩