Opuntia stricta

TaxID: 701516

Basic Information

Opuntia stricta

Araluen pear, Common pest pear, Prickly pear, Erect Pricklypear

Opuntia stricta is a species of large cactus that is native to subtropical and tropical coastal areas of the Americas, especially around the Caribbean and the lower East Coast of the United States. Common names include erect prickly pear and nopal estricto (Spanish). The first description as Cactus strictus was published in 1803 by Adrian Hardy Haworth. In 1812 he moved the species to the genus Opuntia.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Caryophyllales

Cactaceae

Opuntia

stricta

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Opuntia stricta
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(c) lillybyrd@BY-NC
Opuntia stricta
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(c) Tony Rodd@BY-NC-SA
Opuntia stricta
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(c) Chuangzao@BY-NC
Opuntia stricta
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(c) andysteed@BY-NC
Opuntia stricta
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(c) hernandez_c_019@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Spain Regulated Invasive Alien Plant 2011
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —

Distribution (63 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Benin Present —
Bahamas Present —
Bermuda Present —
Brazil Present —
Barbados Present —
Botswana Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (16 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SAFH4455-12 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2011-10-21 -29.061, 23.78
SAFH4420-12 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2011-10-11 -23.55, 29.703310000000002
SAFH1992-11 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2010-12-11 -33.811, 18.381
SAFH1992-11 - matK 771 South Africa 2010-12-11 -33.811, 18.381
ITSAM1745-14 - ITS2 219 - - -
ITSAL4943-14 - ITS2 219 - - -
ITSAL4919-14 - ITS2 218 - - -
GBVS4727-13 - matK 905 - - -
GBVS4678-13 - matK 905 - - -
GBVS4668-13 - matK 845 - - -
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Literature