Acanthocereus hirschtianus
Acanthocereus hirschtianus
Acanthocereus hirschtianus (K.Schum.) 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 GUAOO, ELS, GUA, COSOO, COS, HON, NICOO, CENTRALAMERICA, NIC, SOUTHERNAMERICA, HONOO, ELS_OO; C. America.1
POWO records the plant context as scrambling succulent subshrub or 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
- Plants of the World Online. "Acanthocereus hirschtianus (K.Schum.) Lodé". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77142335-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Acanthocereus hirschtianus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/10748819 ↩
Measured
Draining Mix
C. America
Automatically collected source range/note: GUA_OO, ELS, GUA, COS_OO, COS, HON, NIC_OO, CENTRAL_AMERICA, NIC, SOUTHERN_AMERICA, HON_OO, ELS_OO; C. America.