Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw., 1812

🇬🇧 Erect Pricklypear

🇫🇷 Oponce raide, Opuntia raide

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Opuntieae
Genus: Opuntia
Species: Opuntia stricta

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
Red List (Global): LC Least Concern

Notes

Some authors treat O. stricta as a complex of species, which includes O. anahuacensis Griffiths, 1916, O. stricta s.str. and O. tuna (L.) Mill., 1768. However, the limits between these species are not always clearly defined.

Photographs

img/opuntia-stricta.webp — *Opuntia stricta*

img/opuntia-stricta-2.webp — *Opuntia stricta*

img/opuntia-stricta-3.webp — *Opuntia stricta*

img/opuntia-stricta-4.webp — *Opuntia stricta* - Immature fruits

Sources

Durán, R., Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Hernández, H.M., Tapia, J.L., Terrazas, T., & Loaiza, C. (2017). Opuntia stricta (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2017. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T152773A121609630.en
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 604). Biotope.