Opuntia aurantiaca

TaxID: 1574135

Basic Information

Opuntia aurantiaca

Tiger Pear, jointed cactus

Opuntia aurantiaca, commonly known as tiger-pear, jointed cactus or jointed prickly-pear, is a species of cactus from South America. The species occurs naturally in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay and is considered an invasive species in Africa and Australia.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Caryophyllales

Cactaceae

Opuntia

aurantiaca

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Opuntia aurantiaca
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(c) Craig Peter@BY-NC
Opuntia aurantiaca
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(c) Shaun Swanepoel@BY
Opuntia aurantiaca
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(c) Martin Lowry@BY-NC
Opuntia aurantiaca
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(c) Martin Lowry@BY-NC
Opuntia aurantiaca
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(c) Craig Peter@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 (1 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests 1989

Distribution (7 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Spain Present —
Mexico Present —
Uruguay Present —
South Africa Present —

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 (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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