Haageocereus icensis
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Haageocereus icensis is a species of plant in the genus Haageocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet refers to the distribution area in the Peruvian province of Ica .
description
Haageocereus icensis grows with prostrate to semi-upright shoots that reach a length of 1 to 2 meters with a diameter of up to 4 centimeters. There are 15 to 18 very blunt ribs . The 30 or more needle-like thorns are brown. The central spines and the upper radial spines are darker, subphrate and 4 to 8 millimeters long at their tips. The lowest one to three radial spines have a length of up to 1 centimeter. The one or two central spines are up to 3 centimeters long.
The white flowers reach a length of up to 10 centimeters.
Distribution and systematics
Haageocereus icensis is widespread in Peru in the province of Ica .
It was first described in 1981 by Friedrich Ritter . Haageocereus icensis may just be a variant of Haageocereus acranthus .
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 333-334 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 115.
- ↑ Cacti in South America: Results of my 20 years of field research . Volume 4, 1981, p. 1394.