Native records: 6 botanical areas
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, 3 more areas
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A succulent tree of seasonally dry tropical climates. Native to Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
Costa Rica
- Costa RicaNative
Guatemala
- GuatemalaNative
Honduras
- HondurasNative
Mexico
- Mexico SoutheastNative
- Mexico SouthwestNative
Nicaragua
- NicaraguaNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Am Tropical, monsoon
- Af Tropical, rainforest
- Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
The same climate occurs in 133 areas worldwide, 127 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
Other species in Opuntia
- Opuntia jamaicensis
- Opuntia kingstoniana
- Opuntia lagunae
- Opuntia lasiacanthaRed Prickly Pear
- Opuntia leucotrichaAaron's-beard prickly-pear
- Opuntia littoralisCoastal Prickly-pear
- Opuntia mackensenii
- Opuntia macrocentraBlack-spined Pricklypear
- Opuntia macrorhizaBigroot Pricky Pear
- Opuntia mantaroensis
- Opuntia martiniana
- Opuntia matudae
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Costa Rica · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Guatemala · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Honduras · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Mexico · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Nicaragua · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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