Acanthocereus rosei
Acanthocereus rosei
Acanthocereus rosei
Acanthocereus rosei (J.G.Ortega) Lodé is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1
The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Acanthocereus.12
Its recorded native range/source remark is MXS, MEXICO, MXSJA, MXSCL, MXN, MXNSI, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXSGR, MXSNA, MXNSO, MXNBS, MXN_BC; Mexico (Sinaloa to Michoacán).1
POWO records the plant context as scrambling succulent tuberous 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
- Plants of the World Online. "Acanthocereus rosei (J.G.Ortega) Lodé". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77142337-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Acanthocereus rosei". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/10774490 ↩
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