- Source: Opuntia cochenillifera
Opuntia cochenillifera is a species of cactus in the subfamily Opuntioideae. It may have been endemic to Mexico, but has been widely introduced. The first description was in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus as Cactus cochenillifer. Philip Miller renamed it as Opuntia cochenillifera in 1768.
Ecology
Unlike most Opuntia species, O. cochenillifera is pollinated by hummingbirds.
References
External links
Plants Profile for Opuntia cochenillifera (cochineal nopal cactus)
Opuntia cochenillifera - Species Page - ISB: Atlas of Florida Plants
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Opuntia
- Kaktus centong
- Pangan kahat
- Opuntia cochenillifera
- Opuntia
- List of Opuntia species
- Famine food
- Biodiversity of Ghana
- List of loanwords in Tagalog
- List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name
- List of Caryophyllales of South Africa
- List of data deficient plants
- James Anderson (botanist)
