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Hechtia microcarpa Siekkinen, Hern.-Cárdenas, López-Ferr. & Espejo

Publ: Systematic Botany 47(1): 199-200 fig. 1,6 (2022)

Type: MEXICO. Puebla, municipio de Jolalpan, aproximadamente 1 km al oeste de Jolalpan, rumbo a Teutla (18 19’24.1”N, 98 51’17.3”W), 890 m, 28 June 2019, A. Siekkinen & R. Hernández-Cárdenas 1567# (holotype: UAMIZ)

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Distribution: Mexico: Puebla

Habitat: terrestrially or saxicolous in tropical deciduous forests, 850-900 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the small size of the fruits, shorter than 5 mm

Phenology: Plants bloom from June to July.

Hechtia microcarpa