Cleistocactus parviflorus

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Cleistocactus parviflorus
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Cleistocactus
Species:
C. parviflorus
Binomial name
Cleistocactus parviflorus
(K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss. 1904
Synonyms
  • Cereus parviflorusK.Schum. 1897
  • Echinopsis parviflora(K.Schum.) Anceschi & Magli 2013
  • Cereus areolatusK.Schum. 1897
  • Cleistocactus areolatus(K.Schum.) Riccob. 1909
  • Cleistocactus areolatus var. herzogianus(Backeb.) Backeb. 1959
  • Cleistocactus fusiflorusCárdenas 1957
  • Cleistocactus herzogianusBackeb. 1934
  • Cleistocactus ianthinusCárdenas 1956
  • Cleistocactus parviflorus var. aiquilensisF.Ritter 1963
  • Cleistocactus parviflorus var. comarapanusF.Ritter 1980
  • Cleistocactus parviflorus var. herzogianus(Backeb.) Backeb. 1963
  • Cleistocactus vallegrandensisCárdenas 1961

Cleistocactus parviflorus is a species of columnar cacti in the genus Cleistocactus .

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Description

Cleistocactus parviflorus grows as a shrub with upright, green shoots that are slightly branched at the base and reaches heights of up to 3 meters with diameters of up to 4 centimeters. There are 12 to 15 clearly notched ribs. The different colored spines are brown to yellowish to greenish. The 1 to 3 central spines are thicker and yellow up to 2.5 centimeters long, the 5 to 9 radial spines are up to 4 millimeters long. The straight, red flowers are 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters long, 8 millimeter wide, red and yellow, with purple tepals. The yellow fruits are up to 1 centimeter in diameter. [2]

Distribution

Cleistocactus parviflorus found in the dry montane forest of the Bolivian departments of Santa Cruz and Cochabamba at altitudes of 1400 to 3000 meters. [3]

Taxonomy

The first description as Cereus parviflorus was made in 1897 by Karl Moritz Schumann. [4] The specific epithet 'parviflorus' is derived from the Latin words parvus for 'small' and -florus for '-flowered'. Robert Roland-Gosselin placed the species in the genus Cleistocactus in 1904. A nomenclature synonym is Echinopsis parviflora (K.Schum.) Anceschi & Magli (2013).

References

  1. ↑ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  2. ↑ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 123. ISBN   3-8001-4573-1.
  3. ↑ Lowry, Martin (2016). "A synopsis of the genusCleistocactusLemaire (Cactaceae)". Bradleya. 34 (34). British Cactus and Succulent Society: 148–186. doi:10.25223/brad.n34.2016.a6. ISSN   0265-086X.
  4. ↑ Weber, Frédéric-Albert-Constantin (1904). Les Cleistocactus. Nice: Impr. Ventre. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.156757.
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