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Opuntia galapageia (Prickly pear)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Opuntia galapageia is a species of cactus. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands, part of Ecuador. There are three varieties: Opuntia galapageia var. galapageia on Bartolome, Santiago and Pinta, Opuntia galapageia var. macrocarpa on Pinzon and Opuntia galapageia var. profusa on Rabida.
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Infraspecies

Opuntia galapageia galapageia
Opuntia galapageia insularis
Opuntia galapageia megasperma
Opuntia galapageia myriacantha
Opuntia galapageia zacana

Predators

Geospiza fortis (Medium Ground Finch)[1]
Geospiza fuliginosa (Small Ground Finch)[1]
Geospiza scandens (Common Cactus Finch)[1]
Zenaida galapagoensis (Galapagos Dove)[2]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Lebinthus bitaeniatus[3]
Lepidanthrax tinctus[3]
Manduca rustica (Rustic Sphinx)[4]
Monomorium floricola[4]
Monomorium guineense[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Comparative Ecology of Galapagos Ground Finches (Geospiza Gould): Evaluation of the Importance of Floristic Diversity and Interspecific Competition, Ian Abbott, L. K. Abbott, P. R. Grant, Ecological Monographs, Vol. 47, No. 2, (Spring, 1977), pp. 151-184
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Flower-visiting insects of the Galapagos Islands, McCullen, C. K. 1993. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 69:95-106
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0