Tacinga braunii

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|image =Tacinga braunii Esteves.JPG

|status = VU

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Taylor, N.P. |author2=Zappi, D. |author3=Machado, M. |author4=Braun, P. |date=2017 |title=Tacinga braunii |volume=2017 |page=e.T40911A121557984 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T40911A121557984.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

|genus = Tacinga

|species = braunii

|authority = Esteves

}}

Tacinga braunii is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.

Distribution and Habitat

It is endemic to Eastern Brazil where its distribution is restricted to the north-eastern region of Minas Gerais in the valley of the river Jequitinhonha, where it grows on gneiss or granite rock outcrops.{{cite journal|last=Mota Lambert|first=Sabrina|title=Tacinga: The hummingbird-pollinated prickly pear|journal=Cactus and Succulent Journal|year=2009|volume=81|issue=3|pages=156–161|url=http://www.opuntiads.com/O/zpdf/tacinga-desc-lambert.pdf|accessdate=16 October 2012|doi=10.2985/015.081.0311}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} It is pollinated by hummingbirds. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

References

Category:Flora of Brazil

braunii

Category:Vulnerable plants

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