Deamia chontalensis

Deamia chontalensis (Alexander) Doweld is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.¹

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Deamia.¹²

Its recorded native range/source remark is GUA, MXS, MXSMI, MXSJA, MXSCL, MXSGR, MXSOA, NORTHERNAMERICA, GUAOO, MEXICO, MXSNA, CENTRAL_AMERICA; Mexico (Oaxaca), Guatemala.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. "Deamia chontalensis (Alexander) Doweld". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20011264-1 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Deamia chontalensis". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3951607 ↩