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Hechtia chamelensis Magaña & I. Ramírez

Publ: Bot. Sci. 100(1): 3-11 fig. 1-4 (2024)

Type: Mexico. Jalisco, municipio La Huerta, estación biológica de Chamela, vereda Calandria, 350 m, 4 septiembre 1985, P. Magaña-Rueda & R. S. Almeida 317 (fruits, ♀MEXU-420881(1/6); ♂, fruits (MEXU-420882 (2/6); ♂MEXU- 660589 (3/6); ♂MEXU-666157(4/6); ♀MEXU-666159(5/6); ♂MEXU-676801(6/6))

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Distribution: Mexico: Jalisco

Habitat: found in dense groups of rosettes, growing as lithophytes, mainly on sun-exposed rocky slopes, inside tropical deciduous forest vegetation, also sometimes in thicket of secondary vegetation, -300 m. Elev.

Etymology: Herbarium specimens of the new taxon were first identified as a new species by Patricia Magaña (proposing Hechtia chamelensis as its name; Magaña-Rueda 1986) but was never described until now. The species epithet refers to the type locality and recognizes the value of the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve on preserving a large area of dry tropical forest, one of the most important, although threatened, vegetation types in Mexico

Phenology: It has been collected in bloom in September, and in fruit from September to March.

Hechtia chamelensis