Cleistocactus colademononis

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Cleistocactus colademononis
Cleistocactus colademononis

Cleistocactus colademononis

Systematics
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily : Cactoideae
Tribe : Trichocereeae
Genre : Cleistocactus
Type : Cleistocactus colademononis
Scientific name
Cleistocactus colademononis
( Diers & Krahn ) Mottram

Cleistocactus colademononis is a species of the genus Cleistocactus in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The species name means monkey tail and refers to the appearance of the richly hairy plant body.

description

Cleistocactus colademononis grows pendulous, branching at the base and becomes up to 2.5 meters long. The diameter of the light green bodies is 3 to 7 centimeters. The 14 to 20 low ribs are covered with areoles at intervals of 3 to 6 millimeters. From them arise (0 to) 4 to 8 more or less downward, bristle-like yellowish and 20 to 50 hair-shaped, white, 4 to 8 (up to 12) centimeters long thorns . The hair-like thorns grow back.

The flower is zygomorphic , 7 to 8 inches long and brightly red in color. It appears almost horizontally at the areole. The fruit is more or less spherical, reddish and has a diameter of 8 to 12 millimeters. After drying, it tears open lengthways. The seeds are black, 1.1 to 1.4 millimeters long and slightly curved. They germinate easily.

ripe fruits and seeds

Distribution and systematics

Cleistocactus colademononis occurs only in the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz in the province of Florida , about 30 kilometers east of Samaipata , on the Cerro el Fraile mountain , below 1500 meters in a humid climate. It grows hanging on steep rock walls. It was first described as Hildewintera colademononis in 2003 by Lothar Diers and Wolfgang Krahn. Roy Mottram placed the species in the genus Cleistocactus in 2006 .

Synonyms are:

  • Cleistocactus winteri subsp. colademono D.R.Hunt
  • Winterocereus colademononis (Diers & Krahn) Metzing & R.Kiesling
  • Hildewintera polonica V. Foik & Foik

proof

literature

  • Walter Haage: Cacti from A to Z . Anaconda, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-86647-260-0 , p. 646 .
  • Detlev Metzing: Winterocereus colademononis . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 62, Number 3, 2011, pp. XI-XII.
  • Detlev Metzing, Robert Kiesling: Winterocereus (Cactaceae) is the correct name for Hildewintera . In: Taxon . Volume 56, Number 1, 2007, pp. 226-228, JSTOR: 25065755 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ L. Diers, W. Krahn: Hildewintera colademononis spec. nov. In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 54, 2003, p. 221.
  2. ↑ Cactus World . Volume 24, number 1, 2006, p. 21.

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