Aporocactus martianus
Aporocactus martianus
Aporocactus martianus
Aporocactus martianus (Zucc. 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 Aporocactus.12
Its recorded native range/source remark is MXS, MEXICO, MXECO, MXEHI, MXSGR, MXSNA, MXECU, MXETA, MXG, MXEGU, MXCDF, MXG_VC; Mexico (SC. Veracruz to Oaxaca).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
- Plants of the World Online. "Aporocactus martianus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16735-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Aporocactus martianus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7283314 ↩
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