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Stenocereus stellatus is a flowering plant in the family Cactaceae that is found in Oaxaca, Mexico
Stenocereus stellatus is widespread in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Morelos, Puebla and Oaxaca at altitudes of 500 to 2,200 meters growing in limestone and sandstone soils in thorn-scrub and tropical dry forests. Plants grow along with Ceiba aesculifolia, Parkinsonia praecox, Ipomoea arborescens, Ipomoea murucoides, Fouquieria formosa, Neltuma laevigata, Lippia origanoides, Lophocereus marginatus, Myrtillocactus geometrizans, Myrtillocactus schenckii, Polaskia chichipe, Polaskia chende, Stenocereus pruinosus, Escontria chiotilla, Pachycereus weberi, Lemaireocereus hollianus, Isolatocereus dumortieri, and Stenocereus treleasei. Plants are pollinated by bats such as Leptonycteris yerbabuenae, L. nivalis, Choeronycteris mexicana, Glossophaga soricina, and Artibeus jamaicensis; bees such as Xylocopa mexicanorum, Bombus pensylvanicus, and Plebeia mexicana; and hummingbirds such as Amazilia violiceps, Phaeoptila sordida, and Cynanthus latirostris.
Spanish Stenocereus · Octopus Cactus · Stenocereus beneckei · Stenocereus chacalapensis · Stenocereus chrysocarpus · Creeping Devil · Stenocereus fricii · Tall Candelabra Cactus · Galloping Cactus · Spanish Stenocereus · Stenocereus huastecorum · Stenocereus humilis
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stenocereus stellatus 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.
