Deamia testudo
Deamia testudo
Deamia testudo
Deamia testudo (Karw. ex Zucc.) 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 Deamia.12
Its recorded native range/source remark is MXTTB, INDPU, INDBI, MXSMI, BLZ, MXT, INDCH, MEXICO, INDGO, CENTRALAMERICA, INDDI, HON; S. Mexico to C. America.1
POWO records the plant context as succulent epiphyte, 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. "Deamia testudo (Karw. ex Zucc.) Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77042-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Deamia testudo". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3951581 ↩
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