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<- Hechtia oaxacana Burt-Utley, Utley, and García-Mendoza

Publ: Phytoneuron 59: 5-7 (2011)

Type: MEXICO. Oaxaca. North-central Oaxaca growing on steep hillsides and karstic rock outcrops with secondary vegetation, 5500–5700 ft, 28 Jul 1987, J. Utley & K. Utley 7960 (holotype: MEXU; isotypes: CAS, GH, M, NY, US, USF). Figure 3.

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Distribution: MEXICO; Oaxaca

Habitat: it grows on steep karstic slopes with secondary vegetation, 5400-7800 ft m. Elev.

Phenology: Flowering specimens have been collected in April, May, July, and August. On the herbarium label of Webster et al. 13018 is the notation that flowers of Hechtia oaxacana are visited by bees and wasps. This is consistent with our observations of a number of Hechtia species. In addition to bees and wasps, a variety of insects including butterflies, flies, and beetles are common visitors to open staminate and pistillate flowers, which provide rewards of nectar and pollen or only nectar (pers. obs.).

Hechtia oaxacana