Opuntia megacantha
Opuntia megacantha
Opuntia megacantha
Opuntia megacantha 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 MXEAG, MXECU, MXEGU, MXNBS, MXSMI, MXSJA, MXSCL, MXEDU, NORTHERNAMERICA, MEXICO, MXETA, MXN; N. Mexico (to Jalisco).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 megacantha Salm-Dyck". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136792-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia megacantha". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7284417 ↩
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Opuntia megacantha is a species-level taxonomy entry identified by the scientific name Opuntia megacantha.
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