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Hechtia sanchezii I. Ramírez & C.T. Hornung

Publ: Bot. Sci. 100(1): 3-10 fig. 1-3,5 (2022)

Type: Mexico. San Luis Potosí, municipio Villa Juárez, +/- 2 km al SW de Buenavista, 22° 12’ 07’’ N; 100° 19’ 09’’ W, 1,281 m, 5 julio 2006, S. Zamudio 13454 ♂ (Holotype: IEB; isotypes: CICY, UAMIZ).

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Distribution: Mexico: San Luis Potosí

Habitat: submontane shrublands, 1274 - 2280 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific Latin epithet honors Francisco Sánchez Barra, the garden manager of Botanical Garden El Izotal, located in Tangamanga Park, owned and managed by Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, in Mexico. Francisco Sánchez Barra has collected and cultivated this species and many more from San Luis Potosí, he provided photographs and material that allow the description of the new species.

Phenology: Specimens have been collected with flowers during June, July, and September, with fruits in September.

Hechtia sanchezii