Overview

Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Opuntia megasperma Howell:
Ecuador (South America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
  • Lawesson, J. E., H. Adsersen & P. Bentley. 1987. An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos Islands. Rep. Bot. Inst. Univ. Aarhus 16: 1–74.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/43197 External link.
  • Porter, D. M. 1983. Vascular plants of the Galapagos: Origins and dispersal. 33–54. In M. B. R. I. Bowman & A. E. Leviton Patt. Evol. Galapagos Org. Pacific Division, AAAS, San Francisco.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/43214 External link.
  • Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: i–viii, 1–1181.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/42250 External link.
  • Wiggins, I. L. & D. M. Porter. 1971. Fl. Galápagos Isl. i–xx, 1–998. Stanford University Press, Stanford.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/73 External link.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Opuntia megasperma

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Opuntia megasperma

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Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Wikipedia

Opuntia megasperma

Opuntia megasperma is a species of plant in the Cactaceae family. This vulnerable species is endemic to the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador), where restricted to Floreana, San Cristobal and Espanola.

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