Opuntia dejecta
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Family Cactaceae
Taxonomy: Opuntia dejecta Salm-Dyck
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (21), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 27 records in 4 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 26 mm (20-32 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 18.5 mm (15-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 18.5 mm (15-22 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): purple (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_width (numerical): 4.25 mm (3-5.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 3.5 m (2-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 14 | 21 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |