Opuntia monacantha

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Opuntia monacantha']

• English: common pricklypear, Common Pricklypear, Common pricklypear, Drooping Prickly Pear, Cochineal Prickly Pear
• مصرى: اوبونشيا موناكانثا
• português: monducuru, urumbeba, arumbeva, cardo palmado
• svenska: Trädopuntia
• lea faka-Tonga: Kakatisi
• 中文: 单刺仙人掌, 玉芙蓉, 云南仙人掌, 梨果仙人掌
• 中文（中国大陆）: 单刺仙人掌
• 中文（简体）: 扁金铜, 单刺仙人掌, 绿仙人掌, 仙人掌
• 中文（繁體）: 單刺仙人掌
• 中文（香港）: 單刺仙人掌
• 中文（新加坡）: 单刺仙人掌
• 中文（臺灣）: 單刺仙人掌, 仙人掌, 綠仙人掌

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: superasterids • Ordo: Caryophyllales • Familia: Cactaceae • Subfamilia: Opuntioideae • Genus: Opuntia • Species: Opuntia monacantha (Willd.) Haw. (1819)

Wikispecies has an entry on:

Opuntia monacantha

Synonyms

see: Wikispecies

• GRIN link: Opuntia monacantha Haw.
• ITIS link: Opuntia monacantha (Willd.) Haw.
• NCBI link: Opuntia monacantha
• Tropicos link: Opuntia monacantha Haw. (+ sub-taxa)
• IUCN: Opuntia monacantha Haw. (old web site) (Least Concern)

Habitus

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  Tonga
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  Perennial evergreen succulent shrubs.
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  Stem fleshy, flat and leaf-like.
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  Lignification of old stems.
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  Leaves are small & subulate.
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  Leaves fall early.

Flowers

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  buds
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  Argentina (YanquiMike)
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  Flowers grow on the edge and both sides of the stem.
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  Flower.
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  The flower not fully bloomed.