Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.

CACTACEAE

- Cactus family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.

Nomencl. ref.: Syn. Pl. Succ. 191 (1812)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Erect pricklypear

English name: coastal prickly-pear

English name: common pest-pear

Italian name: Fico d'India compatto

Grown habit: Shrub
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Cactus strictus Haw.
= Opuntia bentonii Griffiths
= Opuntia macrantha Gibbes
= Opuntia magnifica Small
= Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw. var. stricta

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw. var. dillenii (Ker Gawl.) L.D. Benson
2) Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw. var. stricta

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Species:

Page counter: 2524 ( AVG: 223.5 / 292.94 )

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Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Brunello Pierini

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana

Opuntia stricta
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Turri di Montegrotto Terme, cima del Monte Ceva, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella - http://www.actaplantarum.org

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Brunello Pierini

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella - http://www.actaplantarum.org

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Brunello Pierini

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella - http://www.actaplantarum.org

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Opuntia stricta
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, VA)

Distributional map for Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.
Map for Opuntia stricta (Haw.) 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 stricta (Haw.) Haw. var. dillenii (Ker Gawl.) L.D. Benson [153]
2) Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw. var. stricta [165]
3) Opuntia strigil Engelm. [325]
4) Opuntia superbospina Griffiths [140]
5) Opuntia tenuispina Engelm. & Bigelow [91]
6) Opuntia tortispina Engelm. & Bigelow [132]
7) Opuntia tunicata (Lehm.) Link & Otto var. davisii (Engelm. & Bigelow) L.D. Benson [150]
8) Opuntia valida Griffiths [323]
9) Opuntia vulgaris auct. non Mill. [128]
10) Opuntia wiegandii (Backeb.) Rowley [129]

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