Opuntia ficus-indica
Caribbean 133 0; North America 132 0; Oceania 131 0
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It grows in hedges, field margins, and on wasteland - almost all over Cyprus (Tsintides et al. 2002).
Based on Georgiades (1995).
Alien: Naturalized invasive. Recorded from Larnaca and Limassol, and frequent near towns & villages. Perhaps sometimes confused with O. vulgaris - though usage of this name is ambiguous.
as Opuntia ficus-barbarica A.Berger in Tsintides et al. (2002).
Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.
Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.
Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Hand R, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (Eds) (2011) – (continuously updated) Flora of Cyprus – a dynamic checklist. Published at http://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/; accessed 30th November 2022. https://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3a0ee3bf-87a3-460a-8989-e331a912e426