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the prickly pear is the opuntia genus and the most popular one is opuntia ficus indica and that is the one that people eat the pads and the fruit which looks like a pear.
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What is the Genus of cactus family comprising prickly pear?
Opuntia.
Are pears related to prickly pears?
No. The pear tree is in the family Rosaceae (rose family) in the genus Pyrus, and the prickly pear cactus is in the Cactaceae family in the genus Opuntia. Source: Wikipedia.
What conditions do prickly pears grow in?
Prickly Pear is of the Genus Opuntia, which is a cactus = hot, dry and arid
What kingdom phylum class order family genus species does the cactus belong to?
A cactus belongs to the plant kingdom, Plantae. It belongs to the flowering plant division, Magnoliophyta. It has two embryonic leaves. So it's a dicotyledonous member of the Magnoliopsida class and Caryophyllales order. It's a member of the cactus family, Cactaceae.The particular genus and the particular species depend upon the particular cactus. For example, the pancake cactus [Opuntia chlorotica] is a member of the prickly pear genus, Opuntia. Its species name is chlorotica.
What is the desert prickly pears genus?
Opuntia is the genus of prickly pears and cholla.
What is a nopal?
Nopal is the word in Mexico for a prickly pear cactus pad (genus Opuntia). These are eaten regularly in Mexico. The word nopal is exclusively used in Mexico.A nopal is a type of cactus.
How many different types of cactus plants are there?
There are 1500 to 1800 different species of cacti, divided into four subfamilies, Cactoideae (which tend to be column-like), Opuntioideae (the prickly pears, which have paddle-like bodies), Maihuenioideae (members of the genus Maihuenia, which form shrubs composed of pincushion-like bodies), and Pereskioideae (the rose cacti, genus Pereskia, which are tropical vines with thin, woody stems and very large leaves).
What genus is raspberry?
It is a prickly cane plant of the genus Rubus
What is the seven level scientific classification of the pancake cactus?
The pancake cactus [Opuntia chlorotica] is member of the plant kingdom, Plantae. Specifically, it's a member of the flowering plants division, Magnoliophyta. Among angiosperms, its embryo tends to have two leaves. So it's in the dicotyledon class Magnoliopsida and order Caryophyllales. As a cactus plant, it's a member of the Cactaceae family. It finds itself among the genusOpuntia, because it's one of the prickly pear cactus plants. The specific type within the prickly pear cactus group gives it the species name of chlorotica.
What is the scientific name for cholla cactus?
CACTUSDomain: EukaryaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: ViridaeplantaeInfrakingdom: StreptophytaDivision: TracheophytaSubdivision: SpermatophytinaInfradivision: AngiospermaeClass: MagnoliopsidaeSuperorder: CaryophyllanaeOrder: CaryophyllalesFamily: Cactaceae*Please note that there are many Gena in the cactus family.
What is a calanthe?
A calanthe is a plant of the genus Calanthe, a widespread genus of terrestrial orchid - comprising around 200 species.
What is another name for prickly pear?
Opuntia Nopales That's all I know
