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Hechtia exspectata Hern.-Cárdenas, Espejo & López-Ferr.

Publ: Bot. Sci. 104 (4): 2 fig. 1-5 (2026)

Type: Mexico, Oaxaca. Distrito Juxtlahuaca, municipio de San Juan Mixtepec, cañada de San Lucas Mixtepec, 17° 16’ 55.6” N; 97° 52’ 32.4” W, 1,900 m asl, 06 December 2019, R. A. Hernández-Cárdenas & S. Lara-Godínez 2331♀ (Holotype: UAMIZ (6x); Isotype: XAL (9x))

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Distribution: Mexico: Oaxaca

Habitat: growing terrestrial or saxicolous in the transition of the tropical deciduous forests and oak forests, 1900 and 2000 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the time it took us to find flowering populations of the new species, from the first time we detected them, to be able to collect specimens of both sexes to prepare a complete description

Phenology: The plants of Hechtia exspectata bloom and produce fruits from November to December

Hechtia exspectata