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Opuntia streptacantha

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Internal ID UUID64405a8f2e77f934998853
Scientific name Opuntia streptacantha
Authority Lem.
First published in Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 62. 1839.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Opuntia diplacantha A.Berger Hort. Mortol.: 232. 1912.
Opuntia coindetti F.A.C.Weber Dict. Hort.: 895. 1898.
Opuntia arcei Cárdenas in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 28: 113, f. 77–78. 1956.
Opuntia castillae Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 261–262, pl. 24. 1908.
Opuntia cardona F.A.C.Weber Dict. Hort.: 895. 1898.
Opuntia pachona Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 168–169, t. 22. 1910.
Opuntia incarnadilla Griffiths in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 27–28, pl. 4–5. 1912.
Opuntia cardonae F.A.C.Weber Dict. Hort. 2: 895. 1898.
Opuntia streptacantha subsp. aguirriana Scheinvar & A.Rodr. in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Autón. México, Bot. 74: 304. 2004.
Opuntia streptacantha var. pachona (Griffiths) K.Hammer in Kulturpflanze 24: 262. 1976.

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Language Common/alternative name
Spanish nopal cardón
Chinese 扭刺仙人掌
Chinese 旋刺仙人掌

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southwest

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001287009
UNII Y15G72ERWU
Tropicos 5100086
Flora of Italy 10035
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:137077-1
The Plant List tro-5100086
Open Tree Of Life 880257
NCBI Taxonomy 393608
IUCN Red List 152896
IPNI 137077-1
iNaturalist 205800
GBIF 7283335
EPPO OPUSR
EOL 5178171
USDA GRIN 25871

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Usefulness of Opuntia spp. on the Management of Obesity and Its Metabolic Co-Morbidities Gómez-García I, Fernández-Quintela A, González M, Gómez-Zorita S, Muguerza B, Trepiana J, Portillo MP Nutrients 25-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11085070
doi:10.3390/nu16091282
PMID:38732528
The ecological suitability area of Cirsium lineare (Thunb.) Sch.‐Bip. under future climate change in China based on MaxEnt modeling Fang H, Zhang P, Xu S, Xu T, He B, Wang E, Dong C, Yang Q Ecol Evol 23-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10805606
doi:10.1002/ece3.10848
PMID:38264336
In Vitro Screening and Lipid-Lowering Effect of Prickly Pear (Opuntia Ficus-Indica L. Mill.) Fruit Extracts in 3T3-L1 Pre-Adipocytes and Mature Adipocytes Eseberri I, Gómez-Maqueo A, Trepiana J, Gómez-López I, Proença C, Cano MP, Portillo MP Plant Foods Hum Nutr 11-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10891207
doi:10.1007/s11130-023-01137-8
PMID:38206481
GTax: improving de novo transcriptome assembly by removing foreign RNA contamination Alvarez RV, Landsman D Genome Biol 08-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10773103
doi:10.1186/s13059-023-03141-2
PMID:38191464
Is the co-option of jasmonate signalling for botanical carnivory a universal trait for all carnivorous plants? Pavlovič A, Koller J, Vrobel O, Chamrád I, Lenobel R, Tarkowski P J Exp Bot 14-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10735409
doi:10.1093/jxb/erad359
PMID:37708289
New Functional Foods with Cactus Components: Sustainable Perspectives and Future Trends Monteiro SS, Almeida RL, Santos NC, Pereira EM, Silva AP, Oliveira HM, Pasquali MA Foods 27-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10340198
doi:10.3390/foods12132494
PMID:37444232
Beneficial Effects of Opuntia spp. on Liver Health Besné-Eseverri I, Trepiana J, Gómez-Zorita S, Antunes-Ricardo M, Cano MP, Portillo MP Antioxidants (Basel) 29-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10294873
doi:10.3390/antiox12061174
PMID:37371904
Predicting geographic distribution and habitat suitability of Opuntia streptacantha in paleoclimatic, current, and future scenarios in Mexico Cruz‐Jiménez I, Delgado‐Sánchez P, Guerrero‐González MD, Puente‐Martínez R, Flores J, De‐Nova JA Ecol Evol 01-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10151206
doi:10.1002/ece3.10050
PMID:37143992
Emerging evidence on Monkeypox: resurgence, global burden, molecular insights, genomics and possible management Sharma R, Chen KT, Sharma R Front Cell Infect Microbiol 19-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10154632
doi:10.3389/fcimb.2023.1134712
PMID:37153147
Opuntia spp.: An Overview of the Bioactive Profile and Food Applications of This Versatile Crop Adapted to Arid Lands Rodrigues C, de Paula CD, Lahbouki S, Meddich A, Outzourhit A, Rashad M, Pari L, Coelhoso I, Fernando AL, Souza VG Foods 29-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10094368
doi:10.3390/foods12071465
PMID:37048286
Combined Effect of Salt Stress and Nitrogen Level on the Primary Metabolism of Two Contrasting Hydroponically Grown Cichorium spinosum L. Ecotypes Chatzigianni M, Savvas D, Papadopoulou EA, Aliferis KA, Ntatsi G Biomolecules 28-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10136004
doi:10.3390/biom13040607
PMID:37189356
Effects of copal resin extraction on the diversity and composition of species in tropical deciduous forests García-Núñez RM, Buendía-Espinoza JC, del Carmen Arrazate-Jiménez S, del Carmen Martínez-Ochoa E Sci Rep 14-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10014994
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-31423-z
PMID:36918726
Morphological and antioxidant responses of Nopalea cochenillifera cv. Maya (edible Opuntia sp. “Kasugai Saboten”) to chilling acclimatization Kondo A, Ito M, Takeda Y, Kurahashi Y, Toh S, Funaguma T J Plant Res 23-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9988806
doi:10.1007/s10265-023-01437-9
PMID:36690846
Phytochemical profiling, antimicrobial, and antioxidant activities of hydroethanolic extracts of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus indica) fruit and pulp Iftikhar K, Siddique F, Ameer K, Arshad M, Kharal S, Mohamed Ahmed IA, Yasmin Z, Aziz N Food Sci Nutr 22-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC10084978
doi:10.1002/fsn3.3226
PMID:37051353
Cellulose in Secondary Xylem of Cactaceae: Crystalline Composition and Anatomical Distribution Maceda A, Soto-Hernández M, Terrazas T Polymers (Basel) 10-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9695511
doi:10.3390/polym14224840
PMID:36432966

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