cholla vs Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

Opuntia engelmannii compared with Opuntia strigil

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cholla	Marble-fruit Prickly-pear
Kingdom same	Plantae (planta)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family same	Cactaceae	Cactaceae
Genus same	Opuntia	Opuntia
Species	Opuntia engelmannii	Opuntia strigil

Evolutionary Relationship

cholla and Marble-fruit Prickly-pear share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Opuntia.

Conservation Status

cholla

LC — Least Concern

Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cholla	Marble-fruit Prickly-pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cholla

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

cholla

The Cactus-apple (Opuntia engelmannii) is a species in the genus Opuntia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.