Opuntia dillenii (Ker-Gawl.) Haw.

Common name

Mandarin: 仙人掌 (xian ren zhang)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (1919)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1830)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (1545)

      Order: Caryophyllales (74)

        Family: Cactaceae (10) (family description)

          Genus: Opuntia (4)

           Epithet: dillenii (Ker-Gawl.) Haw. (1)

dillenii => in honor of Jacob Dillen, 18th century German botanist and physician

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: yellow

External links

Check for Opuntia dillenii at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

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