Harrisia tortuosa

Harrisia tortuosa (J.Forbes) 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 Harrisia.¹²

Its recorded native range/source remark is SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, BZC, QLD, BZCMS, BZCDF, BZCGO, AGEMI, QLDQU, AGEER, AGELP, BRAZIL, AGEDF; Bolivia to W. Uruguay.¹

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, subtropical.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. "Harrisia tortuosa (J.Forbes) Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:118008-2 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Harrisia tortuosa". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7280999 ↩