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

Publ: Adansonia 48(9): 61-71 fig. 2-4; 6a (2026)

Type: Mexico • Veracruz, municipio Actopan, playa Villa Rica, en los acantilados de la Quebrada; 19°40’42.51”N, 96°23’35.26”W; ca. 20 m alt.; 8.VII.2024; R. Hernández-Cárdenas & S. Lara-Godínez 2975♂ (holotype: UAMIZ; isotype: XAL)

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Distribution: Mexico: Veracruz

Habitat: terrestrial in colonies or sometimes solitary on the sidewalls on the cliffs facing the sea, 0-35 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the region where the new taxon inhabits, located at the proximity of the Atlantic Ocean, in the coast of Gulf of Mexico

Phenology: Hechtia atlantica Hern.-Cárdenas, Espejo & López- Ferr., sp. nov. blooms from July to August

Hechtia atlantica