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Coryphantha octacantha

Coryphantha octacantha

Coryphantha octacantha

Coryphantha octacantha (DC.) Britton & Rose 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 MXS, MXSJA, MEXICO, MXSCL, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXEDU, MXSGR, MXECO, MXEHI, MXEAG, MXSNA, MXECU; E. Mexico (to Jalisco).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 octacantha (DC.) Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:66589-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Coryphantha octacantha". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3955727 ↩
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E. Mexico (to Jalisco)

Automatically collected source range/note: MXS, MXS_JA, MEXICO, MXS_CL, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXE_DU, MXS_GR, MXE_CO, MXE_HI, MXE_AG, MXS_NA, MXE_CU; E. Mexico (to Jalisco).