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<- Hechtia gypsophila López-Ferr., Espejo & Hern.-Cárdenas

Publ: Phytotaxa 397(4): 281-282 figs. 2, 4 C-D, 5, Table 1 (2019)

Type: MÉXICO. Oaxaca: District of Santiago Juxtlahuaca, municipio of Santiago Juxtlahuaca, lomas yesosas en los alrededores de Laguna Encantada, 5 km después de Santiago Juxtlahuaca rumbo a Huajuapan de León (17°22?11.3? N, 98°01?17.6? W), 1714 m, Julio 17, 2013, fecha de prensado: Mayo, 2015, A. Espejo, A. R. López-Ferrari, J. Ceja-Romero, A. Mendoza-Ruiz y M. I. Mejía- Marín 7564? (holotype UAMIZ; isotype MEXU).

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Distribution: Mexico: Oaxaca

Habitat: grow in medium to large colonies on gypsum soils in xerophytic scrub and tropical deciduous forest, 1620-1720 m. Elev.

Etymology: Specific epithet refers to the gypsum soils in which the plants are growing

Phenology: blooms from May to August

Hechtia gypsophila
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