Cleistocactus hyalacanthus
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Cleistocactus hyalacanthus is a species of plant in the genus Cleistocactus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet hyalacanthus means: 'glassy thorns, with translucent thorns'.
description
Cleistocactus hyalacanthus grows shrubby with upright shoots branching from the base , which reach heights of up to 1 meter with a diameter of 4 to 6 centimeters. There are about 20 ribs . The approximately 3 central spines are brown to yellowish and up to 3 centimeters long. The 20 to 30 unequal fine radial spines are bristle-like and whitish.
The slightly purple-pink flowers are 3.5 to 4 inches long. Your bracts are spread out. The spherical, light greenish to brick-red fruits reach a diameter of about 1 centimeter and contain a white pulp.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Cleistocactus hyalacanthus is common in the Argentine provinces of Salta and Jujuy at altitudes of 1500 to 3500 meters and possibly in the south of Bolivia . It was first described as Cereus hyalacanthus in 1897 by Karl Moritz Schumann . Robert Roland-Gosselin placed them in the genus Cleistocactus in 1904 .
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 120 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ General description of the cacti . 1897, p. 101.
- ^ Bulletin de la Société Centrale d'Agriculture, d'Horticulture et d'Acclimatation de Nice . Volume 44, Number 1, 1904, p. 33.
- ↑ Cleistocactus hyalacanthus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Lowry, M., 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
