Species Detail: Opuntia elatior
Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name: Opuntia elatior
 
Authority: Mill.
 
Synonyms:
 
Common Names:
Common Names Location Language
Broad prickly pear Global English
Chau Aruba Papiamento
Shangran Curaçao Papiamento
Tuna Curaçao Papiamento
Tuna di baca Aruba Papiamento
Tuna spañó Dutch Caribbean Papiamento
 
 
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Plantae Anthophyta Dicotyledoneae
(Dicots)		 Caryophyllales
 Cactaceae Opuntia
 
Taxonomic Comments:
 
General Species Description:

Conservation Status
Status type Location Status Review date
CITES Global II

Habitats Terrestrially widely distributed: No

No Habitats listed.

Distribution Status
Distributions Occurrence Status Description
Western Hemisphere

Location Occurrence Status Description
Aruba
Bonaire
Curaçao
Saba
St. Martin

Population
Location Quality Quantity Description Date Comments
Aruba
Bonaire
Curaçao
Saba
St. Martin

Threats No Threats listed.

Uses No Uses listed.

Resources
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Distribution Maps No Distribution Maps listed.

Documents No Documents listed.

Web Links No Web Links listed.

References
Citation Author Reference Type
Arnoldo's zakflora : wat in het wild groeit en bloeit op Aruba, Bonaire en Curaçao / bew. door A.S.J. van Proosdij. - 3de geh. herz. hd. - Met medew. Van P. Ketner, P.J.M. Maas, J.A. de Freitas & M.H. Jansen-Jacobs. - Eindred. P. Ketner. - Amsterdam : Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor het Caraibische Gebied, 2001. - 287 p. : ill., fig., foto's ; 23 cm. - With bibliogr., index. - (Uitgaven Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor het Caraibische Gebied: 144). - ISBN: 90.5730.162.8 Proosdij, A.S.J. van Published document
Biologische inventarisatie van Saba / Anna Rojer. - [Willemstad], Curaçao : Stichting Carmabi, 1997. - 41 bl. : ill. ; 30 cm. - In binder Rojer, Anna Published document
Biologische inventarisatie van St. Maarten / [by] Anna Rojer. - Rojer-Beenhakker, Anna C. - [III], 55, [45] bl. : ill., fig., foto's, krt. ; 30 cm. - With bibliogr. (bl. 50-55). - In binder. - KNAP project 96-10. - [Willemstad], Curaçao : Stichting Carmabi, 1997 Rojer-Beenhakker, Anna C. Published document

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