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Opuntia dillenii

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Species of flowering plant

Opuntia dillenii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Species: O. dillenii
Binomial name
Opuntia dillenii
(Ker Gawl.) Haw.
Synonyms
  • Cactus dillenii Ker Gawl.
  • Opuntia dillenii var. orbiculata Salm-Dyck
  • Opuntia maritima Raf.
  • Opuntia melanosperma Svenson
  • Opuntia stricta var. dillenii (Ker Gawl.) L.D.Benson
  • Opuntia zebrina Small

Opuntia dillenii is a species of prickly pear native to the tropical and subtropical Americas. It is naturalized in many other parts of the world. It differs from O. stricta by having more spines per arose (usually more than 3).

References

  1. ^ "Opuntia dillenii (Ker Gawl.) Haw". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  2. "缩刺仙人掌 Opuntia stricta(中国植物志)". iPlant 植物智——植物物种信息系统 (in Chinese). 中国科学院植物研究所系统与进化植物学国家重点实验室. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  3. Pardo, Francisco María Vázquez; Alonso, David García (2017). "Aproximación al conocimiento del grupo Opuntia Mill. (s.l.) (CACTACEAE) en Extremadura (España)". Folia Botanica Extremadurensis (in Spanish). 11: 51–75. ISSN 1887-6587.
Taxon identifiers
Opuntia dillenii
Cactus dillenii
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