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Chiang's prickly pear or the xoconostle
Opuntia chiangiana
About
Opuntia chiangiana, commonly known as Chiang's prickly pear or the xoconostle, is a species of prickly pear cactus in the family Cactaceae. It was described by Léia Scheinvar and Gladys Manzanero in 2009. The species was named in honor of Fernando Chiang, who was a professor at the Institute of Biology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
- Family
- Cactaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Opuntia chiangiana
- Slug
- opuntia-chiangiana
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
- Species
- chiangiana
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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