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

  1. 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
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Acanthocereus hirschtianus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/10748819
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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.