Opuntia species, commonly known as prickly pear or cactus pear, are gaining attention for their numerous health benefits and nutritional properties. These plants, particularly Opuntia ficus-indica ...

The prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) is a massive genus with over 150 known species of paddle-shaped cacti that produce gorgeous flowers. Depending on the variety, the colors may be bright shades of ...

opuntia is the first green alga they have sequenced. Lin and his co-authors were interested in looking at the species' genome to try to understand how and why it evolved to have these unique ...