naturalizedCactaceae
Opuntia cochenillifera
Cochineal Nopal Cactus
Opuntia cochenillifera is a species of cactus in the subfamily Opuntioideae. It is endemic to Mexico. The first description was in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus as Cactus cochenillifer. Philip Miller described it as Opuntia cochenillifera in 1768.
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Where documented · 54 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 154 · GBIF 92 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 25 · GBIF 10 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 19 · GBIF 13 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 6 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 4 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 3 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kamāʻoa, Puʻuʻeo, Ke · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puapuaʻa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mokulēʻia 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Opihipau, Hukiaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mokulēʻia 2 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaumalumalu, Pāhoehoe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāhili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moaliʻi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wahiawa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makapala, Niuliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokaia · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kuʻia · MauiGBIF 2
Kahana · MauiGBIF 2
Honomakaʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Haʻikū · KauaʻiiNat 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Keʻei 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hāmākualoa · MauiiNat 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1
Kapaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1