Cleistocactus orthogonus
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Cleistocactus orthogonus is a species of plant in the genus Cleistocactus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet orthogonus means 'with straight sides, edges'.
description
Cleistocactus orthogonus grows shrubby with short columnar, presumably not branched, light green shoots and reaches heights of up to 80 centimeters with diameters of 4 to 5 centimeters. There are 15 to 17 straight, low ribs . The gray areoles on it are close together. The approximately ten radiating, whitish thorns are needle-like, fine and 0.5 to 3 centimeters long. They cannot be differentiated into central and radial spines.
The straight, tubular, radial symmetry flowers are magenta to pink and 4.5 to 5 centimeters long. The spherical, pink-red fruits reach a diameter of up to 1.5 centimeters.
Distribution and systematics
Cleistocactus orthogonus is widespread in the Bolivian department of Potosí in the province of Cornelio Saavedra in the municipality of Betanzos . The first description was in 1959 by Martín Cárdenas .
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 122 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cactus . Volume 14, number 64, Paris 1959, pp. 161-162.