Cylindrical Prickly Pear Opuntia curassavica

Classification

Cactaceae [family]
Opuntia [genus] (11)
curassavica [species]

Classification

Cactaceae [family]
Opuntia [genus] (11)
curassavica [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Aruba
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  • Bonaire
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  • Klein Bonaire
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  • Curaçao
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  • Sint Eustatius
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Aruba
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  • Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
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  • Indigenous (1) - Klein Bonaire
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  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
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    Distribution description Native to southern America.

    Publications

    • Amelunxen, C.P. 1931. De cactusflora van Curaçao. 24. J.W.F. Sluijter.
    • Freitas, J.A. de, Nijhof, B.S.J., Rojer, A.C., Debrot, A.O. 2005. Landscape ecological vegetation map of the island of bonaire (southern caribbean). 64. Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity Foundation, Curaçao Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Netherlands.
    • Howard, R.A. 1989. Dicotyledoneae - Part 2. In: Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands. 5: 604. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
    • Proosdij, A.S.J. van 2012. Arnoldo's Zakflora: Wat in het wild groeit en bloeit op Aruba, Bonaire en Curaçao. 318 pp. Walburg Pers, Zutphen.
    • Stoffers, A.L. 1984. Cactaceae. Flora of the Netherlands Antilles 3: 143-158.
    • WCSP 2017. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [link]