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Opuntia cespitosa

A species of prickly pear cactus native to North America.
Taxon taxon Q49000929
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Opuntia cespitosa

Summary

Opuntia cespitosa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (99 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Opuntia cespitosa's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Opuntia cespitosa is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Opuntia cespitosa is classified within Opuntia[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Opuntia cespitosa is Opuntia cespitosa[6].
  • Opuntia cespitosa's short name is recorded as O. cespitosa[7].

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Classification

Opuntia cespitosa's scientific name is Opuntia cespitosa[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Opuntia[5].

Identifiers

Opuntia cespitosa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 553158[8]. Opuntia cespitosa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1041225[9]. Opuntia cespitosa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5620820[10].

Why It Matters

Opuntia cespitosa ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (99 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Pi bot bot · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tropicos id → 100407275
    Michigan flora id → 691
    Ncbi taxonomy id → 1041225
    Inaturalist taxon id → 553158
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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