Loweree-Rivera F. D., Pérez-Álvarez S., Melgoza Castillo A., Vega Mares J. H., Leyva-Hernández H. A., Sánchez Chávez E., Escobedo-Bonilla C. M., Uranga-Valencia L. P., Chávez Medina J. A., Pelecyphora chihuahuensis (Britton & Rose) D. Aquino & Dan. Sánchez: A Review on Its Taxonomy, Ecology and Conservation of an Endemic Mexican Cactus Species with Biotechnological Perspectives, Biology, 2026, 15(5):413, doi: 10.3390/biology15050413
A review of the nomenclature, distribution and conservation issues of Pelecyphora chihuahuensis, with a discussion of historical Escobaria and Coryphantha names. It presents habitat modelling, the potential of plant cultures and cryopreservation, and possible uses of genomic tools. The biotechnology examples mainly concern other cacti, and the authors describe gene editing in this species as a hypothetical direction. It is a literature synthesis and a proposed research programme.