| Samaipaticereus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Samaipaticereus Cárdenas |
| Species: | S. corroanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Samaipaticereus corroanus | |
Samaipaticereus is a genus of cactus containing the sole species Samaipaticereus corroanus. It is known only from East Andean Bolivia and Peru. [2]
Samaipaticereus corroanus grows tree-like and columnar, is heavily branched and reaches heights of 2 to 4 meters. The green, long, upright shoots are not articulated and reach a diameter of up to 8 centimeters. Five spines usually arise from the areoles of the four to six ribs, which cannot be differentiated into central and radial spines. They are short and greyish white, one of them longer than the others and pointing downwards.
The numerous, constricted, funnel-shaped flowers are 4.5 to 5 centimeters long, open at night and remain open until the following day. The sepals are greenish white with brown tips, the petals are white. The pericarpel and the flower tube are covered with long scales, short hairs and some bristles.
The spherical, truncated, tuberous fruits are more or less pink, have a perennial remnant of flowers and tear open lengthwise. The pulp is reddish-orange. The dark brown or blackish seeds are shiny, about 1.5 millimeters long and tiny dotted. The hilum is wide. [3] [4]
Samaipaticereus corroanus is distributed at altitudes of about 1500 meters near the Bolivian city of Samaipata.
The first description by Martín Cárdenas was published in 1952. [5] For the second species Samaipaticereus inquisivensis he described, the genus Yungasocereus was established by Friedrich Ritter in 1980.
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