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Hechtia chichinautzensis Martínez-Correa, Espejo & López-Ferrari

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

Type: MEXICO. Morelos: municipio de Tepoztlán, La Pera, carretera de cuota México-Cuernavaca, 19̊01'00” N, 99̊08'33” W, 2,288 m, matorral rosetófilo en pedregal basáltico, 7 Jul 2006, N. Martínez-Correa, A. Espejo, A. R. López-Ferrari & J. García-Cruz 37 (holotype: UAMIZ, staminate plant; isotypes: CICY, IEB, MEXU).

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Distribution: MEXICO: Morelos

Habitat: It grows exposed to the sun in the crevices of basaltic rocks of the Chichinautzin volcano, in a xerophilous scrub, 2000-2480 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet makes reference to the Chichinautzin volcano, the locality in which the new species is endemic.

Phenology: In flower from March to July and in fruit beginning in August.

Hechtia chichinautzensis