Opuntia monacantha (Willd.) Haw.
CACTACEAE
- Cactus family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Opuntia monacantha (Willd.) Haw.
Nomencl. ref.: Suppl. Pl. Succ. 81 (1819)
Rank: species
Images of Opuntia monacantha
Common names
U.S.
name:
Common pricklypear
English name: cochineal prickly-pear English name: drooping prickly-pear
Italian name: Fico d'India monospina
German name: gewöhnliche Opuntie
Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Opuntia vulgaris auct. non Mill.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Species:
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Gallery:
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella - http://www.actaplantarum.org
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Opuntia monacantha
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Silvano Radivo
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella - http://www.actaplantarum.org
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella - http://www.actaplantarum.org
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella - http://www.actaplantarum.org
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Opuntia monacantha
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NC)
Map for Opuntia monacantha (Willd.) Haw.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Opuntia moniliformis (L.) Haw. ex Steud. [151]
2) Opuntia munzii C.B. Wolf [150]
3) Opuntia nicholii L.D. Benson [156]
4) Opuntia occidentalis Engelm. & Bigelow var. covillei (Britton & Rose) Munz [142]
5) Opuntia ochrocentra Small [170]
6) Opuntia parishii Orcutt [134]
7) Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm. var. camanchica (Engelm. & Bigelow) L.D. Benson [150]
8) Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm. var. nigricans (Engelm.) Engelm. [148]
9) Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm. var. wootonii (Griffiths) L.D. Benson [149]
10) Opuntia polyacantha Haw. var. rufispina (Engelm. & Bigelow ex Engelm.) L.D. Benson [142]
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