Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Cactaceae > Brasiliopuntia > Brasiliopuntia schulzii

Brasiliopuntia schulzii (brazil prickleypear; Brazilian pricklypear)

Synonyms: Opuntia arborea; Opuntia schulzii

Wikipedia Abstract

Brasiliopuntia is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae. It contains only one species, Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, eastern Bolivia, Peru and northern Argentina, and has become naturalized in Florida among other places.
View Wikipedia Record: Brasiliopuntia schulzii

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Tree

Predators

Diaspis echinocacti (cactus scale)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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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