Native to 90 botanical countries across Tropical Asia, Northern America, and Southern America; introduced into 107 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz (Jardin Botanico La Paz)
-16.5525, -68.096111
Location Remarks
Miraflores section, city of La Paz.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Opuntia
Authorship
Mill.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#278,009 of 335,497
Top 83%
Extinction probability
10%