Opuntia engelmannii

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q142016
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Summary

Opuntia engelmannii is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (359 views/month, #1,569 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Opuntia[5]
  • Taxon name: Opuntia engelmannii[6]
  • Commons category: Opuntia engelmannii[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Opuntia engelmannii[8]
  • Commons gallery: Opuntia engelmannii[9]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=414086[10]
  • Short name: O. engelmannii[11]
  • Taxon common name: cactus apple[12], Engelmann's Prickly Pear[13], Cactus-apple[14], 天人团扇[15], 牛舌掌[16]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[17]
  • Invasive to: Australia[18]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[19]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[20]

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Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 78264[21] and 47901[22]. Opuntia engelmannii's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 867486[23]. Opuntia engelmannii's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 404214[24]. Opuntia engelmannii's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5384073[25]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 912419[26] and 195316[27].

Why It Matters

Opuntia engelmannii has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Australian Plant Name Index. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [18] ↑ . SInAS database of alien species occurrences. wikidata.org.
  24. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [20] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 912419, 195316
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'hu', 'lt', 'mk',
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 195316, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Opuntia
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → taxon
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007534303205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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