Acanthocereus fosterianus

Acanthocereus fosterianus

Acanthocereus fosterianus (Cutak) Lodé 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, MXTCA, MXTCI, MXSJA, MEXICO, MXTYU, MXTTB, MXSCL, MXT, MXTQR, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXS_GR; Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas).1

POWO records the plant context as scrambling succulent tuberous shrub, 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 fosterianus (Cutak) Lodé". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77142334-1
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Acanthocereus fosterianus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/10837718
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Native Habitat

Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas)

Automatically collected source range/note: MXS, MXT_CA, MXT_CI, MXS_JA, MEXICO, MXT_YU, MXT_TB, MXS_CL, MXT, MXT_QR, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXS_GR; Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas).