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Opuntia occidentalis (pricklypear)

Synonyms: Opuntia engelmannii var. occidentalis (homotypic); Opuntia lindheimeri var. occidentalis (homotypic); Opuntia occidentalis var. occidentalis

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen

Predators

Diaspis echinocacti (cactus scale)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 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