Opuntia microdasys

Opuntia microdasys (Lehm.) Pfeiff. 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 VICOO, SOAOO, MXECU, ALGOO, INDBI, TVLMP, AUSTRALASIA, TUNOO, INDCH, MEXICO, INDGO, MXETA; Mexico.¹

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub or 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

1. Plants of the World Online. "Opuntia microdasys (Lehm.) Pfeiff.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:136806-1 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Opuntia microdasys". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7283961 ↩