The study of diversification processes in megadiverse groups has been strengthened by the inclusion of bioclimatic and other environmental information (Jones et al., 2014;Nevado et al., 2018). The Cacteae tribe has nearly 384 species and a high number of endemisms (Vázquez-Sánchez et al., 2013). This tribe diversified due to climate changes; however, there are no studies focusing on which specific biotic or abiotic factors contributed to its diversification and infer the speciation process (Hernández-Hernández et al., 2014).Previously, the study of environmental tolerances of members of Cactaceae has been applied in conservation studies of Disocactus phyllanthoides (Iberri, 2009), Echinocereus reichenbachii