Opuntia stricta

Also known as erect prickly-pear, erect prickly pear

species of plant

In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 54 inbound references to Opuntia stricta, and connects out to Global Biodiversity Information Facility, South Africa and Spanish.

It sits within the topics Cacti of South America, Cacti of the Caribbean and Commons link from Wikidata.

Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Least Concern

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyCactaceae

Native toAlabama, Florida, Georgia, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, South Carolina

Observations recorded34,511

缩刺仙人掌（学名：Opuntia strictus），或稱刺抟团扇、刺梨仙人掌、澎湖紅蘋果、神仙掌、雷公刺，是仙人掌科仙人掌属的一個大型植物物種，原生於美洲大陸及加勒比海的亞帶與亞熱帶海岸，原生地是海地及墨西哥。這些植物可生長至2米（6.6英尺）高，春夏季會長有檸檬黃色的花朵，之後結成紫紅色的果實。這些果實內有暗刺的核，味道很酸。在台灣澎湖會將果實作成冰沙或冰淇淋賣給遊客。本物種目前尚未由人工引种栽培，但在炎熱開揚的沙土上，這些植物會很快佔據並生長。目前本物種在斯里蘭卡為患，在其他國家也有被定為入侵物種。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 724
With media: 547
Family: Cactaceae
Collections: FCN-UAQ, CICY, IBUNAM, UTEP, RSA, MICH
Recorded in: Mexico, United States, Cuba

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Opuntia
Image: Opuntia stricta, Sète, Hérault 01.jpg
Has use: vegetable

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taxon rank: species
Commons category: Opuntia stricta
taxon name: Opuntia stricta
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=25872
Commons gallery: Opuntia stricta
taxon common name: Erect Prickly-Pear
taxon range: Cuba
invasive to: South Africa
short name: O. stricta
external data available at URL: www.gbif.org/dataset/d51a552b-0d2c-4788-a5c9-824b552abbf1