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Acanthocereus atropurpureus

Acanthocereus atropurpureus

Acanthocereus atropurpureus

Acanthocereus atropurpureus Gonz.-Zam. & Dan.Sánchez is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Acanthocereus.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is MXS, MXSNA, MXSJA, MEXICO, MXSCL, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXSGR, MXSMI, MXS_OA; Mexico (Jalisco).1

POWO records the plant context as Unknown, seasonally dry tropical.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Acanthocereus atropurpureus Gonz.-Zam. & Dan.Sánchez". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77221454-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Acanthocereus atropurpureus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/11370932 ↩
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Mexico (Jalisco)

Automatically collected source range/note: MXS, MXS_NA, MXS_JA, MEXICO, MXS_CL, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXS_GR, MXS_MI, MXS_OA; Mexico (Jalisco).