Native to Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest; introduced into Spain (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
United States, California, San Diego (San Diego Botanic Garden)
Location Remarks
230 Quail Gardens Dr., Encinitas
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Myrtillocactus
Specific Epithet
geometrizans
Authorship
(Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Console
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#292,611 of 335,497
Top 88%
Extinction probability
6%