Opuntia dulcis
Opuntia dulcis
Opuntia dulcis
Opuntia dulcis 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 TEX, NWM, NWMOO, SOUTHCENTRALUSA, TEXOO, NORTHERN_AMERICA; New Mexico to W. Texas.1
POWO records the plant context as succulent shrub, 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
- Plants of the World Online. "Opuntia dulcis Engelm.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:281625-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia dulcis". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5620140 ↩
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