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Coryphantha compacta

Coryphantha compacta

Coryphantha compacta

Coryphantha compacta (Engelm.) Orcutt is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

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

Its recorded native range/source remark is MEXICO, MXN, MXNSI, MXEDU, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXECO, MXEHI, MXEAG, MXECU, MXNSO, MXETA, MXNBS; NE. Mexico (to Sonora).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, desert or dry shrubland.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. "Coryphantha compacta (Engelm.) Orcutt". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:131223-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Coryphantha compacta". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3956866 ↩
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NE. Mexico (to Sonora)

Automatically collected source range/note: MEXICO, MXN, MXN_SI, MXE_DU, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXE_CO, MXE_HI, MXE_AG, MXE_CU, MXN_SO, MXE_TA, MXN_BS; NE. Mexico (to Sonora).