Biology:Opuntia hitchcockii

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Short description: Species of prickly pear cactus

Opuntia hitchcockii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Opuntieae
Genus: Opuntia
Species:
O. hitchcockii
Binomial name
Opuntia hitchcockii
González Ortega

Opuntia hitchcockii, commonly known as Hitchcock's prickly pear, is a species of prickly pear cactus in the family Cactaceae. It was described by Jesús González Ortega in 1929.[1] The species range spreads throughout parts of Sinaloa, and Nayarit, where it grows primarily in the dry shrub-land zone of Mexico.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1414087 entry