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Espostoa gigantea

Espostoa gigantea

Espostoa gigantea

Espostoa gigantea Backeb. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

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

Its recorded native range/source remark is SOUTHERNAMERICA, PEROO, PER, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA; Peru.1

POWO records the plant context as Unknown, Unknown.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. "Espostoa gigantea Backeb.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:133075-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Espostoa gigantea". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3941395 ↩
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Peru

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHERN_AMERICA, PER_OO, PER, WESTERN_SOUTH_AMERICA; Peru.