Biology:Opuntia hitchcockii
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Short description: Species of prickly pear cactus
| Opuntia hitchcockii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Opuntioideae |
| Tribe: | Opuntieae |
| Genus: | Opuntia |
| Species: | O. hitchcockii
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| Binomial name | |
| Opuntia hitchcockii González Ortega
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Opuntia hitchcockii, commonly known as Hitchcock's prickly pear, is a species of prickly pear cactus in the family Cactaceae. It was described by Jesús González Ortega in 1929.[1] The species range spreads throughout parts of Sinaloa, and Nayarit, where it grows primarily in the dry shrub-land zone of Mexico.[2]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q1414087 entry
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