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Opuntia zacuapanensis

Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
Mexico (Veracruz)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Opuntia zacuapanensis, commonly known as the Zacuapan prickly pear, is a species of prickly pear cactus in the family Cactaceae. It was described by Alwin Berger in 1912.

Where it grows

Its range spreads throughout parts of Veracruz, Mexico, where it grows in the seasonally dry tropical zone.

Other Opuntia plants

Big Pine Key Prickly Pear · Chenille pricklypear · Texas Plains Pricklypear · Devil's-tongue · Opuntia anacantha · Opuntia anahuacensis · Sand Prickly Pear · Border pricklypear · Opuntia auberi · Tiger-pear · Golden pricklypear · Devil's-tongue

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Opuntia zacuapanensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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