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Pelecyphora abdita (Repka & Vasko) D.Aquino & Dan.Sanchez

Cactaceae

No habitat climate Photographs not checked Cactus or succulent

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Summary

Pelecyphora abdita is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to the Mexico.

Text from Wikipedia, “Pelecyphora abdita”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written. Kept separate from everything derived here.

About the genus · Pelecyphora

Pelecyphora, pincushion cactus or foxtail cactus is a genus of cacti, comprising 20 species. They originate from Mexico and the United States.

Text from Wikipedia, “Pelecyphora”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written.

Family
Cactaceae
Described by
(Repka & Vasko) D.Aquino & Dan.Sanchez
Native to
Mexico Northeast
Wild records
none in range

Cultivation

Grouped as a cactus or succulent by the genus Pelecyphora, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: No georeferenced record inside the range.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
No openly licensed record to show inside the range.
NativeMexico Northeast
Kew's description“succulent subshrub” · “desert or dry shrubland”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedNo georeferenced records inside the stated native range.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Pelecyphora abdita, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

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Other Pelecyphora 19 in the reference

History & registers

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