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Nopalea

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Nopalea 

a genus of cacti closely related to the genus Opuntia. There are six or seven species, distributed from Mexico to Panama. The plants are raised as ornamental shrubs. The cochineal cactus belongs to the genus.
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The ecosystem of the prickly pear attracts bugs -- cochineal insects, gathered for the carmine dye they produce, thrive on the nopalea cochinillefer; black widows, walking sticks, bees, swallowtail butterflies and leaf-footed bugs gather their food or make their homes among the spines.
PRICKLY PEAR TAKING OVER WORLD by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
No Nordeste brasileiro, são cultivadas predominantemente duas espécies, a Opuntia ficusindica Mill e a Nopalea cochenillifera Salm Dyck, principalmente as variedades redonda, gigante e miúda, as quais são variedades sem espinhos.
Consumo e comportamento ingestivo de caprinos e ovinos alimentados ... by Almeida Cavalcanti, Maria Caroline de; Vieira Batista, Ângela Maria; Guim, Adriana; Andrade Lira, Má / Acta Scientiarum Animal Sciences (UEM)
 
 
 
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