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Deamia testudo

Deamia testudo (Karw. ex Zucc.) 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 Deamia.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is MXTTB, INDPU, INDBI, MXSMI, BLZ, MXT, INDCH, MEXICO, INDGO, CENTRALAMERICA, INDDI, HON; S. Mexico to C. America.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent epiphyte, 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. "Deamia testudo (Karw. ex Zucc.) Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77042-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Deamia testudo". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3951581
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S. Mexico to C. America

Automatically collected source range/note: MXT_TB, IND_PU, IND_BI, MXS_MI, BLZ, MXT, IND_CH, MEXICO, IND_GO, CENTRAL_AMERICA, IND_DI, HON; S. Mexico to C. America.