Harrisia portoricensis
Harrisia portoricensis
Harrisia portoricensis
Harrisia portoricensis Britton is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1
The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Harrisia.12
Its recorded native range/source remark is PUEOO, CARIBBEAN, DOM, PUE, SOUTHERNAMERICA, DOM_OO; Dominican Rep. to Puerto Rico (incl. Mona I.).1
POWO records the plant context as Unknown, 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. "Harrisia portoricensis Britton". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:133589-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Harrisia portoricensis". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384190 ↩
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What is Harrisia portoricensis?
Harrisia portoricensis is a species-level taxonomy entry identified by the scientific name Harrisia portoricensis.
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