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Opuntia (prickly pear genus)
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> Order: Caryophyllales
About 240 species (North and South America), of
which about 14 species are naturalised in southern Africa, many of
them troublesome invasive species.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from Glen (2003).
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Opuntia aurantiaca (Jointed
cactus)
A
declared
Category 1 invasive plant in South Africa.
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Opuntia exaltata (Long spine
cactus, Langdoringkaktus)
A
declared
Category 1 invasive plant in South Africa.
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Opuntia ficus-indica (Mission
prickly pear, Sweet prickly pear, Boereturksvy, Grootdoringturksvy)
A
declared
Category 1 invasive plant in South Africa.
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Opuntia imbricata (Imbricate
cactus, Imbricate prickly pear, Imbrikaatkaktus, Kabelturksvy)
A
declared
Category 1 invasive plant in South Africa.
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Opuntia leptocaulis
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Opuntia lindheimeri (Small
round-leaved prickly pear, Klein rondeblaarturksvy)
A
declared
Category 1 invasive plant in South Africa.
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Opuntia microdasys
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Opuntia robusta
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Opuntia fulgida (Rosea cactus,
Roseakaktus)
Incorrectly named as Opuntia rosea in South Africa.
A declared
Category 1 invasive plant in South Africa.
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Opuntia salmiana
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Opuntia spinulifera (Saucepan
cactus, Large roundleaved prickly pear,Blouturksvy, Groot rondeblaar
turksvy)
A
declared
Category 1 invasive plant in South Africa.
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Opuntia stricta (Pest pear of
Australia, Suurturksvy)
A
declared
Category 1 invasive plant in South Africa.
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Opuntia vulgaris |
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Opuntia humifusa (Large flowered
prickly pear, Creeping prickly pear) and Opuntia monacantha (Cochineal
prickly pear, Drooping prickly pear, Suurturksvy, Luisiesturksvy) are not
listed by Glen (2003) as naturalised, but are
declared Category 1
invasive plants in South Africa.
Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2003. Cactaceae. In Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 335-336. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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