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

Publ: Phytotaxa 397(4): 282-284 figs. 3, 4 A-B, 5, Table 1 (2019)

Type: MÉXICO. Oaxaca: Distrito Santiago Juxtlahuaca, municipio Santos Reyes Tepejillo. En los alrededores del Boquerón de Santos Reyes Tepejillo (17°26"58' N, 97°56"29' W), 1960 m, Abril 21, 2018, R. Hernández-Cárdenas, E. Negri y J. Conde 2155? (holotype UAMIZ; isotype MEXU).

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Distribution: MÉXICO: Oaxaca

Habitat: growing in colonies on the cliffs of the canyon on rocky cliffs and vertical walls, or terrestrially in dry oak forest and tropical deciduous forest, 1770-1960 m. Elev.

Etymology: Specific epithet refers to the small size of the plants of this new species.

Phenology: bloom from March to April

Hechtia minuta