Giant Red Dragon Apple Cactus

Harrisia bonplandii

Harrisia bonplandii (J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.) 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 Harrisia.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is AGWSJ, BZL, SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, AGW, BZC, BZLMG, BZCMS, AGWTU, BZLES, BZLTR, BZLRJ, AGWJU; SE. Bolivia to N. Argentina.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, 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. "Harrisia bonplandii (J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:117992-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Harrisia bonplandii". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384195
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SE. Bolivia to N. Argentina

Automatically collected source range/note: AGW_SJ, BZL, SOUTHERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, AGW, BZC, BZL_MG, BZC_MS, AGW_TU, BZL_ES, BZL_TR, BZL_RJ, AGW_JU; SE. Bolivia to N. Argentina.