| Browningia chlorocarpa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Browningia |
| Species: | B. chlorocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Browningia chlorocarpa (Kunth) W.T.Marshall | |
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Browningia chlorocarpa is a species of Browningia found in Peru.
Browningia chlorocarpa grows tree-shaped, reaches heights of 1.5 meters or more and forms a dense crown that sits on a short trunk. The richly branched shoots are dull green. There are nine to ten ribs, which are divided into low cusps. Brownish to blackish thorns arise from the brownish areoles on them, which turn gray with age. The one to four central spines of unequal length are arranged crosswise, strongly palate and 3 to 6 centimeters long. The eight to ten radiating marginal spines are up to 1 centimeter long.
The flowers are reddish orange. [2]
Browningia chlorocarpa is widespread in the border area of the Peruvian regions of Piura and Cajamarca near Huancabamba.
The first description as Cactus chlorocarpus was made in 1823 by Karl Sigismund Kunth. [3] The specific epithet chlorocarpa is derived from the Greek words chloros for 'green' and karpos for 'fruit'. William Taylor Marshall placed the species in the genus Browningia in 1945. [4] Further nomenclature synonyms are Cereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) DC. (1828), Seticereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) Backeb. (1931), Gymnanthocereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) Backeb. (1937) and Lemaireocereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) Borg (1951).
Carl Sigismund Kunth was a German botanist. He was also known as Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth. He was one of the early systematic botanists who focused on studying the plants of the Americas. Kunth's notable contributions include the publication of Nova genera et species plantarum quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt Bonpland et Humboldt. This work spanned seven volumes and was published between 1815 and 1825.
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