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Hechtia ensifolia Hern.-Cardenas, Siekkinen, Lopez-Ferr. & Espejo

Publ: Syst. Bot. 45(3): 470 fig. 3 (2020)

Type: MEXICO. Guerrero, municipio de Copalillo, ca. 1.8 km sobre el camino que va de Copalillo a Papalutla (18°03043.10N, 98°59020.00W), 805 m, June 25, 2019, A. Siekkinen, R. Hernández-Cárdenas, R. Cerros- Tlatilpa & L. G. Galván 1438_ (holotype: UAMIZ!)

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Distribution: MEXICO: Guerrer

Habitat: terrestrially in tropical deciduous forests, 630-855 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the swordshaped, quite straight, and acute, and tightly conduplicate leaves of the new species

Hechtia ensifolia