''Cistanthe guadalupensis'' is a species of caudiciform succulent flowering plant in the family

Montiaceae Montiaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising about 14 genera with about 230 known species, ranging from small herbaceous plants to shrubs. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution. The family Montiaceae was newly adopted in the APG ...

.Carolin ex M.A. Hershkovitz, 1990 ''In: Phytologia, 68(4): 269'' The plant is native to

Guadalupe Island Guadalupe Island () is a volcanic island located off the western coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and about southwest of the city of Ensenada in the state of Baja California, in the Pacific Ocean. The various volcanoes are extinc ...

.World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
/ref> This species is extremely rare in cultivation, due to its tendency to rot in summer dormancy and its remote island location.

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guadalupensis Flora of Baja California Endemic flora of Guadalupe Island {{Caryophyllales-stub