Monvillea saxicola
Monvillea saxicola
Monvillea saxicola
Monvillea saxicola (Morong) A.Berger is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1
The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Monvillea.12
Its recorded native range/source remark is AGEER, BZCMT, AGWSE, AGE, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA, BOL, PAROO, PAR, AGWCA, AGWSA, AGEMI, AGESF; Bolivia to Brazil (Mato Grosso) and N. Argentina.1
POWO records the plant context as 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
- Plants of the World Online. "Monvillea saxicola (Morong) A.Berger". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:164200-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Monvillea saxicola". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3941819 ↩
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What is Monvillea saxicola?
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