Cleistocactus vulpis-cauda
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Cleistocactus vulpis-cauda is a species of plant in the genus Cleistocactus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet vulpis-cauda means 'foxtail'.
description
Cleistocactus vulpis-cauda grows shrubby with hanging shoots branching at the base and reaches lengths of 1 to 2 meters with diameters of up to 5 centimeters. There are 18 to 22 ribs barely transversely notched . The areoles on it are yellow to dark brown. The up to 50 bendable, whitish to reddish brown, hair-changing thorns are 1 to 2 centimeters long. It is difficult to distinguish between central and radial spines.
The purple- red flowers are up to 6 inches long. They curve sharply upwards over the pericarpel and then a little outwards. The stamens and the stylus protrude from the flower. The somewhat cube-shaped, red to brownish fruits reach a diameter of about 9 millimeters.
Distribution and systematics
Cleistocactus vulpis-cauda is common in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca in the Tomina province at altitudes of around 1200 to 1600 meters, where it hangs from rock faces. It was first described in 1962 by Friedrich Ritter and Willy Cullmann .
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 127-128 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cacti and other succulents . Volume 13, Number 3, 1962, 38-40.
