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Lophophora fricii

A Coahuilan species with its own history and variable cultivated forms.

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Photo: Dornenwolf from Deutschland — CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Species · Kew treatmentSource review · 8 September 2026
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Accepted name and range

Kew accepts Lophophora fricii Haberm., published in 1975, with a native range in Coahuila, Mexico.

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Read photographs in context

The Cactus Conservation Institute presents type material and field photographs. Use a combination of characters and records; rib count or flower color alone should not be used to authenticate a locality or named clone.

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The decipiens complication

An old garden label is not automatically a modern determination. Keep “decipiens” in the record if received that way, and distinguish horticultural use from the botanical synonym treatment. See the decipiens note.