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Deamia chontalensis

Deamia chontalensis
Photo: P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber, Succulent
Native range
Mexico (Oaxaca), Guatemala
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Deamia chontalensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to southwestern Mexico and Guatemala. It has sprawling or pendent branched stems and fragrant white flowers.

Where it grows

Deamia chontalensis is native to southwestern Mexico and Guatemala. In Oaxaca, Mexico, it is found in pine and oak forests.

Other Selenicereus plants

Nightblooming cactus · Fishbone Cactus · Selenicereus calcaratus · Selenicereus costaricensis · Queen of the night · Selenicereus hamatus · Selenicereus megalanthus · Nightblooming Cereus · Selenicereus purpusii · Selenicereus setaceus · Vine-like moonlight cactus · Nightblooming Cactus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Deamia chontalensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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