Oehmea sphacelata

Oehmea sphacelata (Mart.) Guiggi is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.¹

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Oehmea.¹²

Its recorded native range/source remark is MXCPU, MXS, MXSMI, MXSJA, MXSCL, MXSGR, MXSOA, MXCDF, NORTHERNAMERICA, MEXICO, MXC, MXC_MO; Mexico (Puebla, Oaxaca).¹

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub or 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

1. Plants of the World Online. "Oehmea sphacelata (Mart.) Guiggi". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77301403-1 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Oehmea sphacelata". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/12283193 ↩