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Acanthocereus maculatus

Acanthocereus maculatus

Acanthocereus maculatus

Acanthocereus maculatus (Weing.) F.M.Knuth 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, MEXICO, MXSJA, MXSCL, MXCME, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXSGR, MXCTL, MXSNA, MXCMO, MXC_DF, MXC; C. & SW. Mexico.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 maculatus (Weing.) F.M.Knuth". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:128776-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Acanthocereus maculatus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3956277 ↩
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Native Habitat

C. & SW. Mexico

Automatically collected source range/note: MXS, MEXICO, MXS_JA, MXS_CL, MXC_ME, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXS_GR, MXC_TL, MXS_NA, MXC_MO, MXC_DF, MXC; C. & SW. Mexico.