Native records: 2 botanical areas
Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A succulent subshrub of desert or dry shrubland climates. Native to Mexico.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
Mexico
- Mexico GulfNative
- Mexico NortheastNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Am Tropical, monsoon
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- BSk Arid, steppe, cold
- BWh Arid, desert, hot
- Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
The same climate occurs in 143 areas worldwide, 141 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Other names
monk's-hood、ornamental monk's-hood、star cactus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Astrophytum
Other species in Astrophytum
- Astrophytum asteriasStar cactus
- Astrophytum capricornebishop's-cap
- Astrophytum caput-medusae
- Astrophytum coahuilense
- Astrophytum myriostigmaBishop's cap cactus
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Mexico · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source
Image information
Photograph of Astrophytum ornatum
Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page