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Hechtia jaliscana L.B.Sm.

Publ: Phytologia 10(6): 482 pl. 1 figs. 10 (1964)

Type: MEXICO: Jalisco: [Amatitán Municipality], below presa de Santa Rosa, in the barranca of the río Grande, north of Amatitán, 750–800 m, Sep 1, 1960, McVaugh 18530 fruits (holotype, MICH; isotype, US)). EPITYPE (here designated):—MEXICO: Jalisco: Municipio San Cristóbal de la Barranca, ca. rancho Jacalitos, a 1 km al SE de Santa Cruz de Atístique, bosque tropical caducifolio con Pilosocereus, Stenocereus queretaroensis, Ceiba sp., Bursera sp., Pithecellobium dulce, 21°06’37.9’’N, 103°26´34.1’’W, 920 m, originally collected by I. Ramírez, P. Carrillo-Reyes, W. Cetzal & J.L. Tapia, May 2015; flowering in Mérida, Yucatán, May 2018, I. Ramírez 2432♂ (CICY).

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Distribution: MEXICO: Jalisco, Zacatecas

Habitat: Lithophytic in the low elevation valleys, mostly in northern exposure rocky slopes, inside tropical deciduous forest vegetation, 750–1750 m. Elev.

Phenology: Staminate plants have been collected in January, March and July; female flowers are documented during January-March and July-September, while fruits have been collected during June-August.

Hechtia jaliscana