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Grizzleybear pricklypear (Opuntia polyacantha erinacea)

Description

Opuntia erinacea,(Mojave prickly pear) is a species in the Cactaceae family,that is a distributed throughout the Mojave and Great Basin deserts.Opuntia erinacea is proposed by some botanists to be an allopolyploid that resulted from hybridization between Opuntia diploursina and Opuntia basilaris.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Cactaceae

              • Genus: Opuntia