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Acanthocereus tepalcatepecanus

Acanthocereus tepalcatepecanus

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

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