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Hechtia complanata Burt-Utley

Publ: Phytoneuron 2012-69: 6-10. (2012)

Type: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. MEX 190 between Totolapan and Las Margaritas, ca 3.2 mi NW of Las Margaritas or 34.8 mi SE of turnoff to Mitla, 3500–3700 ft or 1100 m, 7 Aug 1992, J. Utley & K. Utley 8823 (holotype: MEXU; isotypes: BM, CAS, GH, MICH, MO, US, USF). Figures 4, 5, and 6.

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Distribution: MÉXICO: Oaxaca

Habitat: on cutover slopes with low deciduous forests and thorn-scrub vegetation, 3500 and 4000 ft m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet complanata refers to the horizontally flattened or subflattened branches of Hechtia complanata on the type series. Although it is not uncommon to find species with flat sterile bases of branches, the vast majority of species examined have most of the fertile part of their branches rounded.

Hechtia complanata