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Species profile—Opuntia stricta

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Cactaceae → Opuntia stricta

Photo of Opuntia stricta () - Ford, L.,QPWS

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Cactaceae
Scientific name
Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.
WildNet taxon ID
19352
Alternate name(s)
common prickly pear
spiny pest pear
prickly pear
smooth pest pear. spiny pest pear
Gayndah pear
erect prickly pear
common pest pear
Araluen pear
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 Australia

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=19352

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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