Oehmea sphacelata
Oehmea sphacelata
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
- 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 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Oehmea sphacelata". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/12283193 ↩
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What is Oehmea sphacelata?
Oehmea sphacelata is a species-level taxonomy entry identified by the scientific name Oehmea sphacelata.
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