Haageocereus chalaensis
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Haageocereus chalaensis is a species of plant in the genus Haageocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet chalaensis means 'from the area of Chala (southern Peru)'.
description
Haageocereus chalaensis grows prostrate with numerous branched, widely spread, gray-green shoots that reach a length of up to 1 meter with a diameter of 4 to 5 centimeters. There are twelve to 19 ribs that are 3 to 4 millimeters high. The needle-like thorns are brownish. Of the approximately 15 central spines, usually 5 to 10 millimeters long, one to three are significantly longer. The approximately 30 needle radial spines have a length of 5 to 7 millimeters.
The flowers are white, the fruits are red. The fruits are 2.5 to 4 centimeters long.
Distribution and systematics
Haageocereus chalaensis is widespread in Peru in the Arequipa region near Chala.
It was first described in 1981 by Friedrich Ritter . Haageocereus chalaensis is closely related to Haageocereus decumbens and may even be of the same species.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 332 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cacti in South America: Results of my 20 years of field research . Volume 4, 1981, pp. 1389-1390.