Corryocactus apiciflorus

Corryocactus apiciflorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Corryocactus
Species:	C. apiciflorus
Binomial name
Corryocactus apiciflorus (Vaupel) Hutchison 1963
Synonyms
Cereus apiciflorusVaupel 1913 Erdisia apiciflora(Vaupel) Werderm. 1940 Corryocactus brachycladusF.Ritter 1981 Corryocactus erici-maraeCieza 2013 publ. 2012 Corryocactus huincoensisF.Ritter 1981 Corryocactus matucanensisF.Ritter 1981 Corryocactus maximus(Backeb.) Hutchison 1963 Corryocactus megarhizusF.Ritter 1981 Corryocactus melaleucusF.Ritter 1981 Corryocactus pilispinusF.Ritter 1981 Corryocactus solitariusF.Ritter 1981 Corryocactus tenuiculus(Backeb.) Hutchison 1963 Erdisia fortalezensisF.Ritter 1964 Erdisia maximaBackeb. 1942 Erdisia tenuiculaBackeb. 1956 publ. 1957

Corryocactus apiciflorus is a species of columnar cactus found in the country of Peru. ^[1]

Description

Corryocactus apiciflorus grows as a shrub with spreading or ascending, densely thorny shoots up to 50 centimeters long and 2.5 centimeters in diameter. There are eight low ribs. The individual central spine is up to 1 centimeter long. The approximately 10 spread out marginal spines are also up to 1 centimeter long.

The red flowers are up to 4 centimeters long. They appear in groups near the tips of the shoots or sometimes on the sides of the shoots. ^[2]

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Distribution

Corryocactus apiciflorus is distributed in the Peruvian regions of La Libertad, Ancash and Ayacucho.

Taxonomy

The first description as Cereus apiciflorus was made in 1913 by Friedrich Karl Johann Vaupel. ^[3] The specific epithet apiciflorus is derived from the Latin words apex for 'tip' and -florus for '-flowered' and refers to the flowers that mainly appear at the tips of the shoots. Paul Clifford Hutchison placed the species in the genus Corryocactus in 1963. A nomenclature synonym is Erdisia apiciflora (Vaupel) Werderm. (1940). ^[4]

References

1. "Name - Corryocactus apiciflorus Cárdenas". Tropicos. 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
2. Anderson, Edward F. (2011). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 144. ISBN   978-3-8001-5964-2.
3. Engler, Adolf (1914). "Botanische Jahrbücher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie". Schweizerbart [etc.] ISSN   0006-8152 . Retrieved 2023-10-25.
4. "Au Cactus Francophone :". Au Cactus Francophone (in French). 1956-11-12. Retrieved 2023-10-25.

External links

• Media related to Corryocactus apiciflorus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Corryocactus apiciflorus at Wikispecies