Haageocereus fascicularis

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Haageocereus fascicularis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Haageocereus
Species:
H. fascicularis
Binomial name
Haageocereus fascicularis
(Meyen) F.Ritter
Synonyms
  • Cactus fascicularis(Meyen) Meyen 1834
  • Cereus fascicularisMeyen 1833
  • Echinocactus fascicularis(Meyen) Steud. 1840
  • Trichocereus fascicularis(Meyen) Britton & Rose 1920
  • Weberbauerocereus fascicularis(Meyen) Backeb. 1942
  • Echinopsis nothochilensisAnceschi & Magli 2013
  • Haageocereus chilensisF.Ritter ex D.R.Hunt 2005

Haageocereus fascicularis commonly known as 'Quisco de la precordillera de Arica' is a species of cactus from the family Cactaceae, native to southern Peru and northern Chile.

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Description

Haageocereus fascicularis as a shrub with ascending to upright, gray-green shoots that branch from the base. These shoots reach lengths of 0.5 to 1 meter and have diameters of 4 to 7 cm. They feature eleven to eighteen blunt ribs. The one or two straight central spines are 4 to 15 cm long, while the seven to ten spreading radial spines are 1 to 4 cm in length.

The white, strongly scented flowers can reach 7 to 8.5 cm in length. The pericarpel and flower tube are covered with hairs and reddish scales. The fruit is egg-shaped and bright red. [1]

Distribution

Haageocereus fascicularis is distributed in Chile from Arica to Tarapacá.

Taxonomy

The first description as Cereus fascicularis was made in 1833 by Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen. [2] The specific epithet fascicularis means 'bundle-like, tuft-like'. Friedrich Ritter placed the species in the genus Haageocereus in 1980. Further nomenclature synonyms are Echinocactus fascicularis (Meyen) Steud. (1840), Cactus fascicularis (Meyen) Meyen (1843), Cereus fascicularis (Meyen) K.Schum. (1897, nom. inval.), Trichocereus fascicularis (Meyen) Britton & Rose (1920) and Weberbauerocereus fascicularis (Meyen) Backeb. (1942).

References

  1. Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 333. ISBN   3-8001-4573-1.
  2. Dietrich, Albert; Otto, Friedrich (1833). "Allgemeine Gartenzeitung". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 2023-09-16.

The Cactus Family By Edward F. Anderson, Wilhelm Barthlott, Roger Brown