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Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. belongs to the Cactaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Opuntia
Specific Epithet
fragilis
Authorship
(Nutt.) Haw.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#204,856 of 335,497
Top 62%
Extinction probability
5%
Location
United States, Idaho, Payette County (New Plymouth)
43.8916, -116.7688
Location Remarks
Sagebrush steppe
Collectors
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