Mirabella albicaulis

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Mirabella albicaulis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Mirabella
Species:
M. albicaulis
Binomial name
Mirabella albicaulis
(Britton & Rose) F.Ritter [2]
Synonyms [2]
  • Acanthocereus albicaulisBritton & Rose
  • Cereus albicaulis(Britton & Rose) Luetzelb.
  • Monvillea albicaulis(Britton & Rose) R.Kiesling

Mirabella albicaulis, synonym Cereus albicaulis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Northeast and Southeast Brazil. [2] It was first described by Britton and Rose in 1920 as Acanthocereus albicaulis. [3]

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Description

Mirabella albicaulis grows as a shrub, with only slightly branched, initially upright, later overhanging and spreading to climbing shoots. The elongated, bluish-white, four-edged shoots have a diameter of 1 to 3 centimeters. There are four sharp-edged, only slightly wavy ribs. The small areoles are brown. The two to six unequal, needle-like spines are brown, swollen at their base and up to 2 centimeters long.

The flowers are white, the elongated, somewhat angular fruits are greyish-purple.

Distribution

Mirabella albicaulis is distributed in the Brazilian state of Bahia.

Taxonomy

The first description as Acanthocereus albicaulis was published in 1920 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose.

In the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the species is listed as "Least Concern (LC)" [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew), Nigel Taylor (RBG; Assessment), Pierre Braun (Global Cactus (10 August 2010). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mirabella albicaulis (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2021-12-15
  3. ↑ "Mirabella albicaulis (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2021-12-15


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