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Plant Profile

Higo Chumbo (Harrisia portoricensis)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Threatened
Family: Cactaceae
State: PR
Nature Serve ID: 158613
Lifeform: Tree, Shrub
Categories of Interest: Cacti/Succulents
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Higo Chumbo (Harrisia portoricensis) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Higo Chumbo can be found in Puerto Rico

Which CPC Partners conserve Higo Chumbo (Harrisia portoricensis)?

St. George Village Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

Naples Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 03/02/23

The Huntington

Not Sponsored

Assigned 10/30/23

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Conservation Actions

Tina Stanley

05/11/2023

According to a March 2023 extract of the Florida Plant Rescue Database, Naples Botanical Garden holds 8 accessions of Harrisia portoricensis.

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Found only on the island of Puerto Rico (historically) and on small adjacent offshore islands within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.