EPPO Global Database

Consolea macracantha(OPUMA)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-09-30

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: OPUMA
  • Preferred name: Consolea macracantha
  • Authority: (Grisebach) A.Berger

Notes

USA (Florida), Caribbean. Cultivated as an ornamental cactus. Nearly extinct in the wild


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Consolea corallicola Small
Opuntia macracantha Grisebach

Common names
Name Language
Florida semaphore cactus English
semaphore cactus English
semaphore prickly pear English
tuna de cruz Spanish (CO)