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Hechtia colossa Martínez-Correa, Espejo & L�pez-Ferrari

Publ: Systematic Botany 35(4): 746�747 (2010)

Type: MEXICO. Oaxaca: distrito de Silacayoapam, Municipio de Ixpantepec Nieves, 28.6 km después de Santiago Juxtlahuaca, rumbo a Huajuapam, ca. 2.3 km después de Santa María Natividad, 17̊31 Œ56” N, 98̊01 Œ07” W, 1,881 m, 12 Nov 2005, A. Espejo, A. R. López- Ferrari, J. Ceja, A. Mendoza R. & G. Carnevali 6872 (holotype: UAMIZ!: staminate plant).

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Distribution: MEXICO: Oaxaca, Puebla

Habitat: Terrestrial in tropical deciduous forests, 1400-1900 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet makes reference to the large size of the plants that at anthesis reach up to 2 m high.

Phenology: In flower from July to November and in fruit in November.

Hechtia colossa