Cactaceae
Tiger-pear
Opuntia aurantiaca
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Afrikaans
- Litjieskaktus
- Arabic
- صبير برتقالي
- arz
- صبير برتقالى
- Chinese
- 鹤进帐
- English
- Tiger-pear, Jointed pricklypear, Ttiger-pear
Synonyms
- Austrocylindropuntia maldonadensis (Arechav.) Backeb.
- Cactus aurantiaca Gillies ex Loudon
- Cylindropuntia maldonadensis (Arechav.) Backeb.
- Opuntia extensa Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.
- Opuntia maldonadensis Arechav.
- Opuntia montevideensis Speg.
Photos
Photo: Les Tanner, North West Weeds, Australia, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: EgorovaSvetlana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.