Opuntia echios var. echios
tuna gigante, tuna, cactus
An impressive tree cactus with flat, spiny pads. The flowers are bright yellow. Adult cacti have orange-brown trunks with flaking bark. Popular in gardens for the sculpture-like quality.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Opuntia
Species
echios
Subspecies
var. echios
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Opuntia myriacantha Weberfide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Taxon origin
Taxon origin: Endemic
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