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

1. 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 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Monvillea saxicola". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3941819 ↩