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Opuntia monacantha (common pricklypear)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Opuntia monacantha, commonly known as drooping prickly pear, cochineal prickly pear, or Barbary fig, is a species of plant in the Cactaceae family. It is native to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay and is naturalised in Australia and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and sandy shores. The species was first formally described in 1812 by botanist Adrian Haworth in Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum. The name Opuntia vulgaris, which is a synonym of Opuntia ficus-indica, has been misapplied to this species in Australia.
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Infraspecies

Invasive Species

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Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Tree

Predators

Dactylopius ceylonicus (wild cochineal insect)[2]
Dactylopius confusus (california cochineal scale)[2]
Dactylopius tomentosus (Devil's rope pear scale)[2]
Diaspis echinocacti (cactus scale)[2]
Pyralis manihotalis[3]

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
3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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