Species profile—Opuntia aurantiaca (tiger pear)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Cactaceae → Opuntia aurantiaca (tiger pear)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Scientific name
- Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl.
- Common name
- tiger pear
- WildNet taxon ID
- 16549
- Alternate name(s)
- jointed cactus
common prickly pear
kaatje - Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
- Restricted Matter
- Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=16549
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.