Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Cactaceae > Opuntia > Opuntia cochenillifera

Opuntia cochenillifera (cochineal cactus; cochineal nopal cactus)

Synonyms:
Language: Spanish

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Opuntia cochenillifera

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States

Predators

Dactylopius coccus (cochineal)[2]
Dactylopius tomentosus (Devil's rope pear scale)[2]
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
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