Haageocereus decumbens

Haageocereus decumbens

Haageocereus decumbens (Vaupel) Backeb. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

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

Its recorded native range/source remark is SOUTHERNAMERICA, SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, PEROO, PER, CLN, CLNAT, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA, CLNTA, CLN_AN; S. Peru to N. Chile.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub or shrub, 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. "Haageocereus decumbens (Vaupel) Backeb.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:116192-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Haageocereus decumbens". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7281898
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Native Habitat

S. Peru to N. Chile

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHERN_AMERICA, SOUTHERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, PER_OO, PER, CLN, CLN_AT, WESTERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, CLN_TA, CLN_AN; S. Peru to N. Chile.