Opuntia dillenii (Ker-Gawl.) Haw.

English: Erect pricklypear

Mandarin: 仙人掌 (xian ren zhang)

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Caryophyllales (114)

        Family: Cactaceae (20)(family description)

          Genus: Opuntia (5)

            Epithet: dillenii (Ker-Gawl.) Haw. (1)

dillenii => in honor of Jacob Dillen, 18th century German botanist and physician

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Opuntia dillenii at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [159] Cactaceae - Flora of North America - www.efloras.org
• [317] Opuntia dillenii - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [1195] Opuntia - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1510] Opuntia dillenii - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [8] Anderson, E.F. (2001): The cactus family. Timber Press, Portland, USA.