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Taxon: Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.

Genus: Opuntia
Family: Cactaceae subfamily: Opuntioideae tribe: Opuntieae.
Nomen number: 25872
Place of publication: Syn. pl. succ. 191. 1812
Name verified on: 30-Jun-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-Aug-2003
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
PR(as Opuntia dillenii)*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • coastal prickly-pear   (Source: Cact Fam ) – English
  • dildo   (Source: Cact Fam [as O. dillenii]) – English
  • Eltham Indian-fig   (Source: Cact Fam [as O. dillenii]) – English
  • erect prickly-pear   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  • pest prickly-pear   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  • southern spineless cactus   (Source: Cact US Can ) – English
  • sweet prickly-pear   (Source: Cact Fam [as O. dillenii]) – English
  • suurturksvy   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  • palma-de-espinho   (Source: Cact EBrazil [as O. dillenii]) – Portuguese
  • palmatória   (Source: Cact EBrazil [as O. dillenii]) – Portuguese
  • opúntia   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 [as O. dillenii]) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • yaaxpakan   (Source: Cact Fam ) – Spanish (Mexico)
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana [s.], South Carolina, Virginia [Isle of Wight Co.]
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
    Mexico [e.]
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Caribbean: Bahamas; Barbados; Bermuda; Cayman Islands; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Jamaica; Netherlands Antilles; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands (British); Virgin Islands (U.S.)
    Northern South America: Venezuela [n.]
    Western South America: Ecuador

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • AUSTRALASIA
    Australia: Australia
  • naturalized in South America, s. Europe, tropical & s. Africa, Madagascar, & s. Asia

References:

  • Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family. (Cact Fam) 520.
  • Backeberg, C. 1977. Das Kakteen Lexicon. 331.
  • Benson, L. 1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada. (Cact US Can) 931.
  • Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. 1978. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 (Cact Mex) 278–280.
  • Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia. (F Aust)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
  • Hosking, J. R. et al. 1988. Pl. Protect. Quart. 3:120.
  • Hunt, D. 1992. CITES Cactaceae checklist. (CITES Cact L)
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
  • León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969 (F CubaLeon)
  • Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Taylor, N. & D. Zappi. 2004. Cacti of eastern Brazil. (Cact EBrazil) [= O. dillenii].
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
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Check other databases for Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
  • ABIF: Australian Biodiversity Information Facility's Flora of Australia online
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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