Opuntia pottsii Salm-Dyck is a plant in the Cactaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Opuntia pottsii Salm-Dyck

Opuntia pottsii Salm-Dyck

Opuntia pottsii is a flowering cactus species native to the southwestern US and northeast Mexico, first described in 1850.

Family
Genus
Opuntia
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Opuntia pottsii Salm-Dyck

Opuntia pottsii is a species of flowering cactus, belonging to the family Cactaceae. This species is native to Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States, as well as to northeast Mexico. It was first formally described by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck in 1850.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Cactaceae Opuntia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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