Acanthocereus tepalcatepecanus

Acanthocereus tepalcatepecanus (Sánchez-Mej.) 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, MXSNA, MXSJA, MEXICO, MXSCL, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXSGR, MXSMI, MXS_OA; Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacán, Guerrero).¹

POWO records the plant context as scrambling succulent subshrub or shrub, 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. "Acanthocereus tepalcatepecanus (Sánchez-Mej.) Lodé". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77142338-1 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Acanthocereus tepalcatepecanus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/10699627 ↩